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Men make it such a point of honour to be fit for business that they forget to examine whether business is fit for a man.
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It is not a reproach but a compliment to learning, to say, that great scholars are less fit for business; since the truth is, business is so much a lower thing than learning, that a man used to the last cannot easily bring his stomach down to the first.
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A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.
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George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
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Born:
November 11, 1633
Died:
April 5, 1695
(aged 61)
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