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Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!
Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!
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.
The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over read more
The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, "The medicines of the soul."
He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual read more
He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Books are a finer world within the world.
Books are a finer world within the world.
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.
We get no good
By being ungenerous, even to a book,
And calculating profits--so much help
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We get no good
By being ungenerous, even to a book,
And calculating profits--so much help
By so much reading. It is rather when
We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge
Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound,
Impassioned for its beauty, and salt of truth--
'Tis then we get the right good from a book.
A library is thought in cold storage.
A library is thought in cold storage.
