Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius…

Arthur Schopenhauer
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Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those who have read directly in the book of the world. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer, E. F. J. Payne (1974). Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays, p.492, Oxford University Press
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