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A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,
exempted from the wrong of time, and capable read more
But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,
exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual
renovation.
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a read more
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
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.
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands read more
Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
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.
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
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