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Bibliomania
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In an established love of reading there is a policy of insurance guaranteeing certain happiness till death.
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― End Papers: Literary Recreations
― End Papers: Literary Recreations
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In 1748, the Earl of Chesterfield passed on some useful advice to his son:
'Buy good books and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the editors are not blockheads; for they may profit of the former. But take care not to understand editions and title-pages too well. It always smells of pedantry and not always of learning. What curious books I have, they are indeed but few... Beware of the Bibliomania.
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― The Library: A Fragile History
― The Library: A Fragile History
