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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
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
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
Laws die, Books never.
Laws die, Books never.
Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in read more
Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have read more
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
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!
