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> [What society doesn't realize is that in the past, ordinary people respected learning. They respected books, and they don't now, or not very much. That whole respect for serious literature and learning has disappeared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/what-society-doesn-t-realize-is-that-in-the-past-ordinary-people/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

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