Edwin Paxton Hood: Be as careful of the books you read as of the company you keep; for your habits…
Be as careful of the books you read as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.
In today’s wordsBe as careful about the books you read as about the company you keep, because your habits and character will be shaped as much by the one as the other.
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