Francis Bacon quote: 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.

~ Francis Bacon ~

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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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