Anyone who’s worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, and with extravagant enthusiasm.

About This Quote

This quote is from the play, Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. In it, Hamlet says that he has never read a book that he did not enjoy. He even goes so far as to say that he has read everything ever written—a very ambitious goal. Perhaps we should all be like Hamlet and seek out books we enjoy and read them with enthusiasm.

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