[Books] may sleep for a while and be neglected; but whenever the desire of information springs up in the human breast, there they are with mild wisdom ready to instruct and please us.
Ann Plato (1988). “Essays: Including Biographies and Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Poetry”, p.27, Oxford University Press on Demand
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