Reading makes you impudent. Oh yes, unknown father, so it does.

Nina George
About This Quote

The quote, “Reading makes you impudent,” by John Dryden, is a statement that tells us to be careful about what we read and not to follow the wrong people who may be trying to get us to do things we do not want to do. This is because reading can make people impudent. That is why we should not be impudent and we should not follow impudent people.

Source: The Little Paris Bookshop

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