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    That place that does contain
    My books, the best companions, is to me
    A glorious court, where hourly I converse
    With the old sages and philosophers;
    And sometimes, for variety, I confer
    With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
    Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
    Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
    Deface their ill-placed statues.

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Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the
Almighty would answer me, and that mine read more

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the
Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a
book.

by Bible Found in: Books Quotes,
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A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of
diabolical knowledge.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of
diabolical knowledge.

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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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He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how read more

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.

by C. C. Colton Found in: Books Quotes, Study Quotes,
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The medicine chest of the soul.

The medicine chest of the soul.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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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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A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]

A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Books Quotes,
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I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and read more

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands

by Seneca Found in: Books Quotes,
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I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

by Charles De Secondat Found in: Books Quotes,
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