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    What a place to be in is an old library! It seems as though all
    the souls of all the writers that have bequeathed their labours
    to these Bodleians were reposing here as in some dormitory, or
    middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves,
    their winding-sheets. I could as soon dislodge a shade. I seem
    to inhale learning, walking amid their foliage; and the odor of
    their old moth-scented coverings is fragrant as the first bloom
    of those sciential apples which grew amid the happy orchard.
    - Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia),

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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.

by Henry Ward Beecher 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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'Tis well to borrow from the good and the great;
'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!

'Tis well to borrow from the good and the great;
'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!

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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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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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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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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"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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It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by
getting a great library.

It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by
getting a great library.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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