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 Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, 
which are delivered down from generation to generation, read more 
 Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, 
which are delivered down from generation to generation, as 
presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. 
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
Books are a finer world within the world.
Books are a finer world within the world.
 A man of one book.
 [Lat., Homo unius libri.]  
 A man of one book.
 [Lat., Homo unius libri.] 
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual read more
He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter
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.
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.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.