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Quotation from Essays and Aphorisms by Arthur Schopenhauer
“In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.”
Essays and Aphorisms, 'On Reading and Books', trans. Mrs. Rudolf Dircks (Sara Hay Goddard Dircks)
The closing line of his advice on choosing what to read.
Citation: "In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited." — Arthur Schopenhauer, Essays and Aphorisms, 'On Reading and Books', trans. Mrs. Rudolf Dircks (Sara Hay Goddard Dircks). (id essays-and-aphorisms-q14)
Portrait: Arthur Schopenhauer by J Schäfer, 1859b, Johann Schäfer, Public domain.
