No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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Books

Author

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Source

Letters of Lady Montagu

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1753 1750s 18th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Montagu, Lady Mary Worley. Letter to the Countess of Bute. 28 Jan. 1753.

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The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said, "This is mine," and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Topic
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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Discours sur l'origine et les fondemonts de l'inegalite parmi les hommes [Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men]. Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1755, pt. 2.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, translated by Donald A. Cress. Hackett, 1992, pt. 2.

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When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.

Clifton Fadiman

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Topic
Power of literature Books

Author

Clifton Fadiman
Language
English
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Fadiman, Clifton. Any Number Can Play. The World Publishing Company, 1957.