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Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.
Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.
The proper study of mankind is books.
The proper study of mankind is books.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have read more
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.
People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from read more
A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.
Hark, the world so loud,
And they, the movers of the world, so still!
Hark, the world so loud,
And they, the movers of the world, so still!
Only your friends steal your books
Only your friends steal your books
