Quote by: Alberto Manguel

As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught once it has been acquired, the second-best recourse is to limit its scope.


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Author Bio


  • NameAlberto Manguel
  • DescriptionCanadian writer
  • Born1948
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionLinguist; Author; Translator
  • AwardsOfficier Des Arts Et Des Lettres?; Guggenheim Fellowship