he became so absorbed in his books that he spent his nights… - Miguel de Cervantes

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he became so absorbed in his books that he spent his nights from sunset to sunrise, and his days from dawn to dark, poring over them; and what with little sleep and much reading his brains got so dry that he lost his wits.

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (29 September 1547 – 23 April 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet and playwright. He is most famous for his novel Don Quixote, or Don Quijote de la Mancha, which is considered by many to be the first modern novel, one of the greatest works in Western literature, and the greatest of the Spanish language.

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Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.

with little sleep and much reading his brains got so dry that he lost his wits.

And thus, from too little sleep and too much reading, his brain dried up and he completely lost his judgment.

...he spent whole days and nights over his books; and thus with little sleeping and much reading his brains dried up to such a degree that he lost the use of his reason.

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Comparisons are odious.

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