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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words read more
One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words and books that is terrifying for that is the deeper extinction.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Only your friends steal your books
Only your friends steal your books
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
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."
Laws die, Books never.
Laws die, Books never.
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would read more
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it.
If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read read more
If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times.
