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That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands read more
Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where read more
That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues.
Laws die, Books never.
Laws die, Books never.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!
Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!
I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
