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> [Others, again, give us the mere carcass of another man’s thoughts, but deprived of all their life and spirit, and this is to add murder to robbery. I have somewhere seen it observed, that we should make the same use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/others-again-give-us-the-mere-carcass-of-another-man-s-thoughts-but/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [I have somewhere seen it observed that we should make the same use of a book that the bee does of a flower: she steals sweets from it, but does not injure it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/i-have-somewhere-seen-it-observed-that-we-should-make-the-same-use-of/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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