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Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.
Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in read more
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.
