Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a ver…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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Just as the largest library, badly arranged, is not so useful as a very moderate one that is well arranged, so the greatest amount of knowledge, if not elaborated by our own thoughts, is worth much less than a far smaller volume that has been abundantly and repeatedly thought over. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays, p.491, Oxford University Press
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