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An honest bookstore would post the following sign above its 'self-help' section: 'For true self-help, please visit our philosophy, literature, history and science sections, find yourself a good book, read it, and think about it.
An honest bookstore would post the following sign above its 'self-help' section: 'For true self-help, please visit our philosophy, literature, history and science sections, find yourself a good book, read it, and think about it.
Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
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- Roger Ebert
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- Approximate author period: c. 1967 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Roger Ebert: documented activity in 1967. Wikidata Q212173, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212173 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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