Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.
Source: The Journals of Arnold Bennett, 1932.
-- Arnold Bennett, (May 27 1867-1931), English novelist; He was noted for his realistic work about Five Towns.