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Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (Proverbs 23)

Sure Mark of an Unliterary Man

The sure mark of an unliterary man is that he considers ‘I’ve read it already’ to be a conclusive argument against reading a work.

C. S. Lewis
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