Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live. (Gustave Flaubert)

Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.

Gustave Flaubert

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