/lit/ - Literature

>As soon as he has given them his earnings on which to keep house they are strengthened in this belief. Although all this entails many disadvantages, yet it has this advantage—that a woman lives more in the present than a man, and that she enjoys it more keenly if it is at all bearable. This is the origin of that cheerfulness which is peculiar to woman and makes her fit to divert man, and in case of need, to console him when he is weighed down by cares. To consult women in matters of difficulty, as the Germans used to do in old times, is by no means a matter to be overlooked; for their way of grasping a thing is quite different from ours, chiefly because they like the shortest way to the point, and usually keep their attention fixed upon what lies nearest; while we, as a rule, see beyond it, for the simple reason that it lies under our nose; it then becomes necessary for us to be brought back to the thing in order to obtain a near and simple view. This is why women are more sober in their judgment than we, and why they see nothing more in things than is really there; while we, if our passions are roused, slightly exaggerate or add to our imagination. (CONT)

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>It is difficult to find cope within oneself, but impossible to find it anywhere else.

Some years back on here I read a paragraph in the spirit of
>We reflect only when we make a mistake. Hammering a nail is fluid motion until we hit our finger, after that it becomes a conscious effort to prevent the mistake from happening again.
For some reason I remember Schopenhauer in the midst of this but I don't think it's his. Does anyone have a clue what it is? It cited specifically hammer and nail example to illustrate its point.