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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library.
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library.
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."
Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were
only the history of pinheads.
Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were
only the history of pinheads.
Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.
Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.
The richest minds need not large libraries.
The richest minds need not large libraries.
The medicine chest of the soul.
The medicine chest of the soul.
A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of
shadows.
A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of
shadows.
All round the room my silent servants wait,
My friends in every season, bright and dim.
All round the room my silent servants wait,
My friends in every season, bright and dim.
That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where read more
That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues.
