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Affect not as some do that bookish ambition to be stored with books and have well-furnished libraries, yet keep their heads empty of knowledge; to desire to have many books, and never to use them, is like a child that will have a candle burning by him all the while he is sleeping.

Henry Peacham

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Henry Peacham

Henry Peacham

Born: 1578
Died: 1644 (aged 66)
Bio: Henry Peacham was an English poet and writer, known today primarily for his book, The Compleat Gentleman, first printed in 1622.

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