6 March 2013

schadenfreude‏

noun (German)

– deriving pleasure from the misfortunes of others.

Example sentence:

“To feel envy is human, to savour schadenfreude is devilish.” (Arthur Schopenhauer)

Today’s aphorism

Humour is just Schadenfreude with a clear conscience.

– Friedrich Nietzsche

On this day

6 March 1836 – death of Davy Crocket, American frontiersman, King of the Wild Frontier.

6 March 1899 – aspirin is patented in Germany by Friedrich Bayer and Co. It is the brand name for acetylsalicylic acid, which included an extract from the bark of the willow tree.

6 March 2012 – A three-year old McNuggett shaped like George Washington sells for $8,100 on eBay by a woman in Nebraska.