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Quote by Francis Bacon
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for gr

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. – Francis Bacon

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Men on their side must force themselves for a while to lay their notions by and begin to familiarize themselves with facts. – Francis Bacon

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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library. – Jane Austen

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In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. – Mortimer J. Adler

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A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us. – W. H. Auden

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Everything in this book may be wrong. The Saviors Manual – Richard Bach

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Trust, but verify. – Ronald Reagan

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