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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.
But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,
exempted from the wrong of time, and capable read more
But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,
exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual
renovation.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
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.
