The actual life of a thought lasts only until it reaches the point of …

Arthur Schopenhauer
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The actual life of a thought lasts only until it reaches the point of speech...As soon as our thinking has found words it ceases to be sincere...When it begins to exist in others it ceases to live in us, just as the child severs itself from its mother when it enters into its own existence. ✨ Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). 101 Facts of life, p.77, Publishdrive
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