There are some people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some…

H. L. Mencken
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There are some people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on whiskey or religion. They wander through this most diverting and stimulating of worlds in a haze, seeing nothing and hearing nothing. ✨ Minority Report: H. L. Mencken's Notebooks (1956)
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