bibliomanie

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I have some of the old Collana, and the Machiavel of 1550. Beware of the 'Bibliomanie'. In the midst of either your studies or your pleasures, pray never lose view of the object of your destination: I mean the political affairs of Europe.

Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield - Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1750

I have some of the old Collana, and the Machiavel of 1550. Beware of the 'Bibliomanie'. In the midst of either your studies or your pleasures, pray never lose view of the object of your destination: I mean the political affairs of Europe.

Earl of Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield - Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works