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Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
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.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Laws die, Books never.
Laws die, Books never.
The proper study of mankind is books.
The proper study of mankind is books.
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!
One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words read more
One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words and books that is terrifying for that is the deeper extinction.
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
A book is the only immortality.
A book is the only immortality.
