Quote#Books & Reading
An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be…
Quote byThomas Traherne · 1636–1674
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Centuries of Meditations, First Century, sect. 1..
English (original)
An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing.
— Thomas Traherne
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