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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought read more
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather read more
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
