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Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it read more
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how read more
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
