Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in...

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you...

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you...

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of...

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of...

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has...

Rascals are always sociable, more's the pity! and the chief sign that a man has...

Compassion is the basis of all morality

Compassion is the basis of all morality

It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play...

It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play...

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to...

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to...

Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win...

Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win...

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake

The middle ages showed us the results of thinking without experimentation, our present century shows...

The middle ages showed us the results of thinking without experimentation, our present century shows...

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have...

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have...

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and...

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and...

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and...

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a...

Patriotism, when it wants to make itself felt in the domain of learning, is a...

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals...

It is with trifles, and when he is off guard, that a man best reveals...