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It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
 We call some books immortal! Do they live?
 If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.
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 We call some books immortal! Do they live?
 If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.
  In Books, the veriest wicked rest in peace. 
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read read more
If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times.
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
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
What is reading, but silent conversation.
What is reading, but silent conversation.