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    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.

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Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

by Sir Christopher Wren Found in: Books Quotes,
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This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.

by Thomas B. Macaulay Found in: Books Quotes,
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Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

by Heinrich Heine Found in: Books Quotes,
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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Books Quotes,
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The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by Mark Twain Found in: Books Quotes,
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The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

by Francois Voltaire Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by Edward Bulwer-lytton Found in: Books Quotes,
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

by Dorothy Parker Found in: Books Quotes,
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