“The heavy armor becomes the light dress of childhood; the pain is brief, the joy unending.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer , book Parerga and Paralipomena

Parerga and Paralipomena (1851), On Books and Reading

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Der schwere Panzer wird zum Flügelkleide Kurz ist der Schmerz, unendlich ist die Freude

Source: Ueber Lesen und Bücher
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