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			 A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.  
	 A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out. 
		
 
	
			 People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them  
	 People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them 
		
 
	
			 Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.  
	 Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read. 
		
 
	
			 This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more 
	 This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant. 
		
 
	
			 The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over read more 
	 The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, "The medicines of the soul." 
		
 
	
			 A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.  
	 A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it. 
		
 
	
			 The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.  
	 The true University of these days is a Collection of Books. 
		
 
	
			 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! 
		
 
	
			 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.