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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
Born:
1578
Died:
1644
(aged 66)
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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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