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Quotation from Essays by Francis Bacon
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested”
Essays, Essay L, Of Studies (1625 text, modernized spelling (Project Gutenberg #575))
Bacon's classification of reading by the attention a book deserves.
Citation: "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested" — Francis Bacon, Essays, Essay L, Of Studies (1625 text, modernized spelling (Project Gutenberg #575)). (id essays-bacon-q14)
Portrait: Portrait of Francis Bacon., Paul van Somer I / Formerly attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger, Public domain.
