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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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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

by Mark Twain Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

by Robert Louis Stevenson Found in: Books Quotes,
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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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Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a read more

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

by Oprah Winfrey Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time

by Edwin P. Whipple Found in: Books Quotes,
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Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have read more

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.

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A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

by W. H. Auden Found in: Books Quotes,
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All books grow homilies by time; they are
Temples, at once, and Landmarks.

All books grow homilies by time; they are
Temples, at once, and Landmarks.

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Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can

Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can

by William Feather Found in: Books Quotes,
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