Quote#Books & Reading
A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating, as wiser…
Quote byJeremy Collier · 1650–1726
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Miscellanies upon Moral Subjects (1685), "Of the Entertainment of Books", p. 94.
English (original)
A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating, as wiser by always reading. Too much over-charges nature, and turns more into disease than nourishment. 'Tis thought and digestion which makes books serviceable, and gives health and vigour to the mind.
— Jeremy Collier
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