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In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Children, Play, Waiting
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “Collected Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer”, p.215, Simon and Schuster
In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high spirits and eagerly waiting for the play to begin.