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When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you

When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before. – Clifton Fadiman

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When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before. – Clifton Fadiman

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To take wine into our mouths is to savor a droplet of the river of human history. – Clifton Fadiman

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To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one. – Chinese Saying

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The mere brute pleasure of reading — the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. – Lord Chesterfield

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