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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 not men and yet they stay alive.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
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.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.
My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.
Books are humanity in print.
Books are humanity in print.
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.
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
