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In one sense bad literature is more valuable to read than good literature
Drawn from what G. K. Chesterton said
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- G. K. Chesterton English writer and Christian apologist (1874 to 1936)
In one sense, at any rate, it is more valuable to read bad literature than good literature. Good literature may tell us the mind of one man; but bad literature may tell us the mind of many men.
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