One Of The Amusements Of Idleness Is Reading Without The Fatigue Of Close Attention; And The World Therefore Swarms With Writers Whose Wish Is Not To Be Studied, But To Be Read. - SearchQuotes

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One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and the world therefore swarms with writers whose wish is not to be studied, but to be read.

Samuel Johnson

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