Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, ''Lighthouses'' as the poet said ''erected in the sea of time'.' They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures…

Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

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Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner,...

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

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...

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

We forfeit three-quarters of ourselves in order to be like other people.

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

The two foes of human happiness are pain and boredom

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong;...

They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong;...

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as...

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than...

Man should think like few do and talk like the many others.

Man should think like few do and talk like the many others.

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time...

To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time...

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right.

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

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.

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches

For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite...

For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite...

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...

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.

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.