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> [Many useful and valuable books lie buried in shops and libraries, unknown and unexamined, unless some lucky compiler opens them by chance, and finds an easy spoil of wit and learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/many-useful-and-valuable-books-lie-buried-in-shops-and-libraries/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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