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Quote by Richard Livingstone
I doubt if anything learnt at school is of more value than great l

I doubt if anything learnt at school is of more value than great literature learnt by heart. – Richard Livingstone

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The test of real literature is that it will bear repetition. We read over the same pages again and again, and always with fresh delight. – Samual McChord Crothers

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Literature is the question minus the answer. – Roland Barthes

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