Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed. - Arthur Schopenhauer (Counsels and Maxims Quotes)

Sleep is the interest we have to pay on the capital which is called in at death; and the higher the rate of interest and the more regularly it is paid, the further the date of redemption is postponed.[Der Schlaf borgt vom Tode zur Aufrechthaltung des Lebens. Oder: er ist der einstweilige Zins des Todes, welcher selbst die Kapitalabzahlung ist. Diese wird um so später eingefordert, je reichlichere Zinsen und je regelmäßiger sie gezahlt werden.]

Source:(Swan Sonnenschein & Co., ed. 1895), Chapter II. Our Relation to Ourselves, Section 20, Page 66
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