I seek, in the reading of books, only to please myself by an honest di… — Essays
SAPIR 861
I seek, in the reading of books, only to please myself by an honest diversion; or, if I study, 'tis for no other science than what treats of the knowledge of myself, and instructs me how to die and how to live well.
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