• If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all.

  François Fénelon
  French writer and archbishop 1651-1715
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. exchange
2. reading
3. crowns
4. europe
5. would
6. spurn

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If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdom of Europe, were laid at my feet in exchange for my love of reading, I would spurn them all. by : François Fénelon

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