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The words of the world want to make sentences.
The words of the world want to make sentences.
Writers are the main landmarks of the past.
Writers are the main landmarks of the past.
Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to read more
Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
Some on commission, some for the love of learning, some because they have nothing better to do or because they read more
Some on commission, some for the love of learning, some because they have nothing better to do or because they hope these walls of books will deaden the drumming of the demon in their ears.
That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.
That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding read more
There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends-always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that.
