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"A man must read widely, a little of everything or whatever he can, but given the shortness of life and the verbosity of the world, not too much should be demanded of him. Let him begin with those titles no one should omit, commonly referred to as books for learning, as if not all books were for learning, and this list will vary according to the fount of knowledge one drinks from and the authority that monitors its flow."
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"To tell the truth, I couldn't care less about the relativity of knowledge, simply because the world does not deserve to be known."
— Emil Cioran
Philosophy1911–1995
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