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Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from read more
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from their graves they rise.
Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,
Walk with and warn us!
An art book is a museum without walls.
An art book is a museum without walls.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
The book you don't read can't help
The book you don't read can't help
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.
Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.
A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
