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A great library contains the diary of the human race.
A great library contains the diary of the human race.
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.
The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or
library, is to look at his books. One read more
The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or
library, is to look at his books. One gets a notion very
speedily of his tastes and the range of his pursuits by a glance
round his book-shelves.
A library is an arsenal of liberty.
A library is an arsenal of liberty.
Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.
Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.
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.
Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient
saints, full of true virtue, and that read more
Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient
saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or
imposture, are preserved and reposed.
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.
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.