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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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I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. – Francis Bacon

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Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit. – 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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The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is. – James Barrie

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A wicked book cannot repent. – Proverb

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