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Francis Bacon, The Essays Quotes: Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
         

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


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



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