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Quote by Francis Bacon
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. – Francis Bacon

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The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding. – Francis Bacon

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Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. – Roland Barthes

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No man can be called friendless who has God and the companionship of good books. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counsellor, a multitude of counsellors. – Henry Ward Beecher

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A book is to me like a hat or coat — a very uncomfortable thing until the newness has been worn off. – Charles B. Fairbanks

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