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    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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You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you read more

You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.

by Paul Sweeney Found in: Books Quotes,
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

by Cicero Found in: Books Quotes,
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

by Dorothy Parker Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.

Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.

by Arthur Schopenhauer 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 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.

by Elizabeth Hardwick Found in: Books Quotes,
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A wicked book cannot repent.

A wicked book cannot repent.

by Old Proverb Found in: Books Quotes,
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Medicine for the soul.

Medicine for the soul.

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Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

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