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    A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.

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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Books Quotes,
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A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]

A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Books Quotes,
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Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.

Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.

by Owen Meredith Found in: Books Quotes,
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The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great read more

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.

by Sir Arthur Keith Found in: Books Quotes,
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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

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Books Quotes,
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Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

by Jane Smiley Found in: Books Quotes,
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For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason read more

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

by Amy Lowell Found in: Books Quotes,
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Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

by Gaston Bachelard Found in: Books Quotes,
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Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

by John Milton Found in: Books Quotes,
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