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.

Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

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

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

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.

"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."

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.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

The medicine chest of the soul.

The medicine chest of the soul.

Some book there is that she desires to see.
Which is it, girl, of these? Open them, boy.
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Some book there is that she desires to see.
Which is it, girl, of these? Open them, boy.
But thou art deeper read and better skilled:
Come and take choice of all my library,
And so beguile thy sorrow, till the heavens
Reveal the damned contriver of this deed.