Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
— Albert Einstein Modern

Theory of relativity

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From a letter to his son, Eduard Einstein

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1917

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Humorous

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https://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol8-doc/163

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