Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

– Arthur Schopenhauer –

Counsels and Maxims (The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer)

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