23 June 2009

"No hay libro por malo que sea, que no tenga algo bueno."

"No hay libro por malo que sea, que no tenga algo bueno."

"There is no book however bad it may be that does not have something good in it."

PLINY THE YOUNGER (in Latin originally of course);
later echoed by CERVANTES.

After working in a second-hand book shop for 15 years I think that there may be one or two exceptions to this great observation.