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somepeopleliketobuybookstoread,otherpeopleliketoborrowbooksfromlibrariesorfromotherpeople.whichdoyouprefer?
ilikereadingbooks.inotonlybuybooksbutalsoborrowbooksfrom,librariesandfrom,otherpeople.overtheyears,thishasbeeahabit.thishabitofmineisbuiltuponthefamoussaying"somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested."
everytimeigotothebookstore,iwillbuysomebookslikedictionaries,referencebookswhichareofpragmaticuseandclassicalliteraryworkswhicharetobechewedanddigested.unlikesomepeoplewhobuybooksjustforthepurposeoffillingtheirshelvesandshowingothershowlearnedtheyare,mypurposeissimpleandpractical――reading.moreover,thebooksiwanttokeepareusuallytooexpensiveandicanaffordonlyafewvolumes.
fromlibrariesiborrowbooksthataretobeswallowed,because,ontheonehand,librarybooksarenotallowedtokeepalongtime;andontheotherhand,thelibraryisaseaofbooksandithinkihavetodospeedreading,thatis,toswallowasmanyasican.
ialsoborrowbooksfromfriends,especiallynewarrivals.ijustwanttohaveataste.ifthetasteisgood,theniwillgoandbuythen,toaddtomystore.ifnot,well,justforataste.
inshort,idon'tmindwhereicangetbooks,butbooksarealwaysmysourceofknowledgeandwisdom.