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Arthur Schopenhauer
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Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). 101 Facts of life, p.51, Publishdrive
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Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). 101 Facts of life, p.51, Publishdrive

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