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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.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
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.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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.
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great read more
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many
books there is no end: and much study read more
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many
books there is no end: and much study is a weariness of the
flesh.
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
