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Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
Of all sad words experience read more
The Moral is that gardeners pine,
Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.
Of all sad words experience gleans,
The saddest are: "It might have beans."
(The did not make this up myself:
'Twas in a book upon my shelf.
It's witty, but I don't deny
It's rather Whittier than I.)
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.
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain
When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain
Fair words butter no parsnips.
Fair words butter no parsnips.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
