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Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it read more
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it selfe.
A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
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.
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
which are delivered down from generation to generation, read more
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
which are delivered down from generation to generation, as
presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.
The newest books are those that never grow old.
The newest books are those that never grow old.
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,
that it may be read more
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.
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.
