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Quotes › Authors › S › Samuel Johnson › A man will turn over half a library to make one bo
  • A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

    Samuel Johnson: A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
    Samuel Johnson
    Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 6 Apr. 1775)
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