It's Bad for the Mind to Always be part of a Unanimity

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It is well to read everything of something and something of everything. – Lord Brougham

Reading after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. – Albert Einstein

Reading should be in proportion to thinking, and thinking in proportion to reading. – Nathaniel Emmons

Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. – Benjamin Franklin

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide. – Marcus Favius Quintilianus

I read for three things: first to know what the world has done during the last twenty-four hours, and is about to do today; second, for the knowledge that I specifically want in my work; and third, for what will bring my mind into a proper mood. – Henry Ward Beecher

Read every day something no one else is reading. Think every day something no one else is thinking. It is bad for the mind to be always a part of a unanimity. – Christopher Morley

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