“For every book you buy, you should buy the time to read it.”
Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer
“It's against my principles to buy a book I haven't read, it's like buying a dress you haven't tried on.”
— Helene Hanff, book 84, Charing Cross Road
Source: 84, Charing Cross Road
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Will Smith (1968) American actor, film producer and rapper
Cf. LOOK Magazine 1957: Actor Walter Slezak's version of "keeping up with the Joneses": "Spending money you don't have for things you don't need to impress people you don't like." p. 10 books.google http://books.google.com/books?id=-NERAQAAMAAJ&q=slezak. <br class="br">Misattributed
“buying books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.”
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer book Parerga and Paralipomena
Vol. 2, Ch. 23, § 296a
Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), Counsels and Maxims
Source: Counsels and Maxims (The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer)
