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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Reading

And better had they ne’er been born,
Who read to doubt or read to scorn.Walter Scott.

By reading a man antedates his life and makes himself contemporary with ages past.Collier.

He that can read and meditate will not find his evenings long or life tedious.

Read and you will know.Mother of Sir William Jones.

Reading between the lines.

Reading maketh a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man.Bacon.