Multiple choice general knowledge history

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some to be chewed and digested. Who said this?

  1. Ruskin Bond

  2. Bertrand Russell

  3. Francis Bacon

  4. Bernard Shaw

  5. William Shakespeare
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Francis Bacon made this famous classification of books in his essay 'Of Studies' - some books are to be tasted (read partially), others swallowed (read completely), and some few to be chewed and digested (read with deep reflection and understood thoroughly).

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