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Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in read more
Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence
In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.
In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.
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.
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from read more
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from their graves they rise.
Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,
Walk with and warn us!
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 room without books is like a body without a soul.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,
that it may be read more
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
