Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes on Productivity

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  1. Childish and altogether ludicrous is what you yourself are and all philosophers; and if a grown-up man like me spends fifteen minutes with fools of this kind, it is merely a way of passing the time. I've now got more important things to do. Goodbye!

  2. Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

  3. Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought.

  4. Life is so short, questionable and evanescent that it is not worth the trouble of major effort.

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