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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed.
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed.
Approximate author period: c. 1663 AD · renaissance
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- Sir William Temple
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- Approximate author period: c. 1663 AD · renaissance
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Ancient and Modern Learning.
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