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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.
If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it
If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many 
books there is no end: and much study read more 
 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many 
books there is no end: and much study is a weariness of the 
flesh. 
 Worthy books
 Are not companions--they are solitudes:
  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.  
 Worthy books
 Are not companions--they are solitudes:
  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares. 
The book you don't read can't help
The book you don't read can't help
 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. 
A book might be written on the injustice of the just.
A book might be written on the injustice of the just.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.