Sentence examples of "Aneignen" in German

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Die zweite Hälfte des Lebens eines Menschen besteht nur aus den Gewohnheiten, die er sich während der ersten Hälfte angeeignet hat. The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.
Es wäre gut Bücher kaufen, wenn man die Zeit, sie zu lesen, mitkaufen könnte, aber man verwechselt meistens den Ankauf der Bücher mit dem Aneignen ihres Inhalts. Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
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