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    But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,
    exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual
    renovation.

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Hark, the world so loud,
And they, the movers of the world, so still!

Hark, the world so loud,
And they, the movers of the world, so still!

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There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!

There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!

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The newest books are those that never grow old.

The newest books are those that never grow old.

by Holbrook Jackson Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when
adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give
strength to read more

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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The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

by Katherine Mansfield Found in: Books Quotes,
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It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?

It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?

by James Matthew Barrie Found in: Books Quotes,
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The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.

The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

by Mark Twain Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by Gilbert Highet Found in: Books Quotes,
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