“ Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, etc. They would be an Encyclopedia of Errors. ”
- Lord Acton- Copy
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“ To me, the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows and I needn't. ”
- Francis Yeats Brown- Copy
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“ Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches the first prize. ”
- Saul Bellow- Copy
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“ An encyclopedia is a system for collecting dust in alphabetical order. ”
- Mike Barfield- Copy
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