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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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Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

by Alexander Smith Found in: Books Quotes,
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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Books Quotes,
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I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

by Charles De Secondat Found in: Books Quotes,
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He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how read more

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.

by C. C. Colton Found in: Books Quotes, Study Quotes,
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This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.

by Thomas B. Macaulay Found in: Books Quotes,
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Books Quotes,
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A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

by G. C. Lichtenberg Found in: Books Quotes,
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My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.

by Mark Twain Found in: Books Quotes,
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