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 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. 
The book you don't read can't help
The book you don't read can't help
Laws die, Books never.
Laws die, Books never.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all
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.
 You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of 
the clerical militia with which the read more 
 You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of 
the clerical militia with which the missiles of the most wicked 
are destroyed; fruitful olives, vines of Engaddi, fig-trees 
knowing no sterility; burning lamps to be ever held in the hand. 
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.
 Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when 
adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give 
strength to read more 
 Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when 
adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give 
strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions brought 
forward without books. Arts and sciences, the benefits of which 
no mind can calculate. depend upon books. 
 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!