Quote#Books & Reading
In reading authors, when you find
Quote byJohn Byrom · 1692–1763
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Miscellaneous Poems (1773), "A Hint to a young Person, for his better Improvement by Reading or Conversation".
English (original)
In reading authors, when you find Bright passages that strike your mind, And which perhaps you may have reason To think on at another season, Be not contented with the sight, But take them down in black and white; Such a respect is wisely shown That makes another's sense one's own.
— John Byrom
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