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These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
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.
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.
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.
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.
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
which are delivered down from generation to generation, read more
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.
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from read more
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from their graves they rise.
Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,
Walk with and warn us!
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
