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    If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.

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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested.

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Books Quotes,
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Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in read more

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence

by Jan Morris Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by Anthony Marcel Found in: Books Quotes,
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A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]

A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the read more

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

by Charles William Eliot Found in: Books Quotes,
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That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit.

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit.

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Books Quotes,
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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all

by Henry David Thoreau Found in: Books Quotes,
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