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If your friend wishes to read your 'Plutarch's Lives,' 'Shakespeare,' or 'The Federalist Papers,' tell him gently but firmly, to buy a copy. You will lend him your car or your coat - but your books are as much a part of you as your head or your heart.
If your friend wishes to read your 'Plutarch's Lives,' 'Shakespeare,' or 'The Federalist Papers,' tell him gently but firmly, to buy a copy. You will lend him your car or your coat - but your books are as much a part of you as your head or your heart.
Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern
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- Mortimer J. Adler
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- Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Mortimer J. Adler: life dates 1902 to 2001. Wikidata Q313929, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313929 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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