„Einige Bücher sollen verkostet, andere geschluckt und einige wenige gekaut und verdaut werden.“
Original
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Essays (1625)
Kontext: Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
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Stuttgarter Zeitung Nr. 161/2008 vom 12. Juli 2008, S. 20