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Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.
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I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity. Books are unconvertible assets, to be passed on only to those who possess them already.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Anthony Powell
Born:
December 21, 1905
Died:
March 28, 2000
(aged 94)
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