The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile the whole. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile the whole.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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