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“When we read, another person thinks for us: we merely repeat his mental process.” — Arthur Schopenhauer
…in books. The more hard knocks we can avoid by reading them, the better. (This quote, attributed to Mark Twain, says it well: “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.”)
“Talent is developed in solitude, character in the rush of the world.”