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The proper study of mankind is books.
The proper study of mankind is books.
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few 
to be chewed and digested.  
 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few 
to be chewed and digested. 
The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you read more
The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all
Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Laws die, Books never.
Laws die, Books never.
 A man of one book.
 [Lat., Homo unius libri.]  
 A man of one book.
 [Lat., Homo unius libri.]