Simon Raven - Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would ...

Simon Raven Zitate

Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books.

Simon Raven

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Stipendium war eine Sache, Plackerei eine andere. Ich kam sehr schnell zu dem Schluss, dass nichts mich veranlassen würde, Hunderte und Hunderte von sehr, sehr, sehr langweiligen Büchern zu lesen oder gar Notizen zu machen.

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