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In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather read more
In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research.
Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.
Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing.
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.
He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He read more
He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.
A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a read more
A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.
Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of read more
Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why --but the editorialists forget it --terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking.
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.
Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.
