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Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!
Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it read more
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends and the most patient of teachers.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends and the most patient of teachers.
A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
The proper study of mankind is books.
The proper study of mankind is books.
