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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 44018 |
| QUOTATION: | Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | William Penn (1644–1718), British religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania. Advice to His Children (1699). |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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