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William Osler

"It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents."

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"It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents."

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"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life."

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"A book, too, can be a star 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly."

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"I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years."

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