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Quote by Arthur Balfour
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to i

He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming. – Arthur Balfour

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The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above. – Cyril Connolly

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