• The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading.

  Henry Louis Mencken
  American journalist and critic 1880-1956
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1. knowledge
2. reading
3. books
4. worth

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The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading. by : Henry Louis Mencken

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