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    In you are sent
    The types of Truths whose life is The To Come;
    In you soars up the Adam from the fall;
    In you the Future as the Past is given--
    Ev'n in our death ye bid us hail our birth;--
    Unfold these pages, and behold the Heaven,
    Without one grave-stone left upon the Earth.

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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the read more

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

by Charles William Eliot Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by G. C. Lichtenberg Found in: Books Quotes,
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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

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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.

by Owen Meredith Found in: Books Quotes,
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Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

by Jane Smiley Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

by Bert Williams Found in: Books Quotes,
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One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words read more

One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words and books that is terrifying for that is the deeper extinction.

by Lance Morrow Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by Charles W. Eliot Found in: Books Quotes,
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A wicked book cannot repent.

A wicked book cannot repent.

by Old Proverb Found in: Books Quotes,
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