Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend rather than the gloss of a sweet lipped flatterer; there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness. - Francis Quarles

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Francis Quarles: "Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend rather than the gloss of a sweet lipped flatterer; there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness."

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Alone	Amongst	Anything	Books
Chiefly	Commentary	Deceitful	Distasteful
Find	Flatterer	Friend	Gloss
Lipped	Profit	Questionable	Rather
Read	Severe	Sweet	Sweetness
Them	Thou	Thyself	Truth

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