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> [Confronted with the choice between having time and having things, we’ve chosen to have things. Today it is a luxury to read what Socrates said, not because the books are expensive, but because our time is scarce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/confronted-with-the-choice-between-having-time-and-having-things-we/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

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## More by Gabriel Zaid

> [The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/the-truly-cultured-are-capable-of-owning-thousands-of-unread-books/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

> [What does it matter how cultivated and up-to-date we are, or how many thousands of books we’ve read? What matters is how we feel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/what-does-it-matter-how-cultivated-and-up-to-date-we-are-or-how-many/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

> [As publishing has become less expensive, the urge to write my own self has become the opportunity to publish my own self. Everyone now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/as-publishing-has-become-less-expensive-the-urge-to-write-my-own-self/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

> [Confronted with the choice between having time and having things, we’ve chosen to have things. Today it is a luxury to read what Socrates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/confronted-with-the-choice-between-having-time-and-having-things-we/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

> [Those who aspire to the status of cultured individuals visit bookstores with trepidation, overwhelmed by the immensity of all they have not read. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/those-who-aspire-to-the-status-of-cultured-individuals-visit/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

> [The probability of finding a particular book increases in relation to the clarity of the store's focus, the diligence and shrewdness of the bookseller,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/the-probability-of-finding-a-particular-book-increases-in-relation-to/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

> [Wealth is above all an accumulation of possibilities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/wealth-is-above-all-an-accumulation-of-possibilities/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

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