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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
I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know read more
I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out.
 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the 
Almighty would answer me, and that mine read more 
 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the 
Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a 
book. 
I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed -- and one of them hadn't even been colored read more
I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed -- and one of them hadn't even been colored in yet.
 Worthy books
 Are not companions--they are solitudes:
  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.  
 Worthy books
 Are not companions--they are solitudes:
  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares. 
You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you read more
You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all