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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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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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Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

by William Ellery Channing Found in: Books Quotes,
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But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,
exempted from the wrong of time, and capable read more

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

by Francis Bacon Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

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Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.

by Edward Bulwer-lytton Found in: Books Quotes,
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The richest minds need not large libraries.

The richest minds need not large libraries.

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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The book you don't read can't help

The book you don't read can't help

by Jim Rohn Found in: Books Quotes,
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All round the room my silent servants wait,
My friends in every season, bright and dim.

All round the room my silent servants wait,
My friends in every season, bright and dim.

by Barry Cornwall Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when
adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give
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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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