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    A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives them

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Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe
Where every book is thy epitaph.

Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe
Where every book is thy epitaph.

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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.

by Lily Tomlin Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it read more

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose

by George Carlin Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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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.

by Barry Cornwall Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

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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.

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Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

by Bayard Taylor Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

by Barbara Tuchman Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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"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."

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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