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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends and the most patient of teachers.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends and the most patient of teachers.
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many 
books there is no end: and much study read more 
 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many 
books there is no end: and much study is a weariness of the 
flesh. 
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
 Hark, the world so loud,
 And they, the movers of the world, so still!  
 Hark, the world so loud,
 And they, the movers of the world, so still! 
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can
Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can
A book might be written on the injustice of the just.
A book might be written on the injustice of the just.