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Francis Bacon Quote

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. -- Francis Bacon

W. Somerset Maugham Quote

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. -- W. Somerset Maugham

Real Live Preacher Quote

I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer. -- Real Live Preacher

Mark Twain Quote

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. -- Mark Twain

Cyril Connolly Quote

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice journalism what will be read once. -- Cyril Connolly

Hesketh Pearson Quote

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely. -- Hesketh Pearson

G. K. Chesterton Quote

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. -- G. K. Chesterton

Jack Handey Deep Thoughts Quote

Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the room, talking to you, which is why I don't like to read good books. -- Jack Handey Deep Thoughts

Selwyn Champion Quote

To read a book for the first time is to make the acquaintance of a new friend to read it a second time is to meet an old one. -- Selwyn Champion

Real Live Preacher Quote

One thing is clear to me. You cant know everything youd like to know. You cant do everything youd like to do. You cant read everything youd like to read. You must hold onto some things and let go of others. Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of this life. -- Real Live Preacher

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