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A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading.

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Jeremy Collier
Age: 76 †
Born: 1650
Born: January 1
Died: 1726
Died: January 1
Literary Critic
Priest
Theatre Critic
Writer
County of Cambridge
Wells
Wiser
Book
Expect
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Stronger
Always
Eating
Men
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Reading
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Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
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