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Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.
Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.
This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more
This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.
A book is the only immortality.
A book is the only immortality.
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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."
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.