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Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.
Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
What is reading, but silent conversation.
What is reading, but silent conversation.
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.
A book is the only immortality.
A book is the only immortality.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
