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    Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
    which are delivered down from generation to generation, as
    presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

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The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in read more

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Books Quotes,
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The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.

The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Books Quotes,
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An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.

by Andre Malraux Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

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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.

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We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

by B. F. Skinner Found in: Books Quotes,
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The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you read more

The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.

by Elizabeth Hardwick Found in: Books Quotes,
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Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and read more

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

by Richard Mckenna Found in: Books Quotes,
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Only your friends steal your books

Only your friends steal your books

by Voltaire Found in: Books Quotes,
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