RICHARD DE BURY, BISHOP OF DURHAM (F/K/A RICHARD AUNGERVYLE)
English learned prelate and collector of books (1287 - 1345)
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Let us consider how great a commodity of doctrine exists in
books; how easily, how secretly, how safely they expose the
nakedness of human ignorance without putting it to shame. These
are the masters who instruct us without rods and ferules, without
hard words and anger, without clothes or money. If you approach
them, they are not asleep; if investigating you interrogate them,
they conceal nothing; if you mistake them, they never grumble; if
you are ignorant, they cannot laugh at you.
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