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Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.

Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Books Quotes,
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Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in read more

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence

by Jan Morris Found in: Books Quotes,
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The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as read more

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

by John Greenleaf Whittier 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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Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Books Quotes,
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Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

by Groucho Marx Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.

by Edward Bulwer-lytton 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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