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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 books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

by Theodore Parker Found in: Books Quotes,
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In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.

by Richard Eder Found in: Books Quotes,
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The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Books Quotes,
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It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.

It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.

by William Osler Found in: Books Quotes,
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Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.

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

by Francis Bacon Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by William Ellery Channing Found in: Books Quotes,
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A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in read more

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way

by Caroline Gordon 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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Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.

by Yevgeny Zamyatin Found in: Books Quotes,
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