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Arthur Schopenhauer, Counsels and Maxims (The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer) Quotes: 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.


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