Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) American novelist and short story writer (1804 – 1879)
Twice-Told Tales, Preface http://www.eldritchpress.org/nh/tttpf.html (1851)
“The helpful thought for which you look
Is written somewhere in a book.”
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Variant: There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray