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    The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.

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A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

by Albert Camus Found in: Books Quotes,
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The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

by Aldous Huxley 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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The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great read more

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.

by Sir Arthur Keith Found in: Books Quotes,
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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

by Mark Twain Found in: Books Quotes,
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas B. Macaulay Found in: Books Quotes,
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Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

by John Milton Found in: Books Quotes,
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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

by Isaac Asimov Found in: Books Quotes,
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