It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part. ✨…

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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part. ✨ Voltaire (2016). VOLTAIRE – Premium Collection: Novels, Philosophical Writings, Historical Works, Plays, Poems & Letters (60+ Works in One Volume) - Illustrated: Candide, A Philosophical Dictionary, A Treatise on Toleration, Plato's Dream, The Princess of Babylon, Zadig, The Huron, Socrates, The Sage and the Atheist, Dialogues, Oedipus, Caesar…, p.2849, e-artnow
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