Quote by Italo Svevo
"Man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible."
More from Italo Svevo
"I may be a pessimist about life in general, but about work I am an optimist."
"There is a time in life when you expect to be happy, and if you are not happy, you feel cheated."
"Man would be much offended if he were told he is a machine."
"The man who keeps his eyes fixed on the future does not see the present."