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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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I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,
If one be better with them or without,--
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I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,
If one be better with them or without,--
Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed,
Knows the high art of what and how to read.

by J.g. Saxe Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.

by Carl T. Rowan Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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The richest minds need not large libraries.

The richest minds need not large libraries.

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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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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Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

by Ray Bradbury Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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The quantity of books in a person's library, is often a cloud of witnesses to the ignorance of the owner.

The quantity of books in a person's library, is often a cloud of witnesses to the ignorance of the owner.

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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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A library is an arsenal of liberty.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

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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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