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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.
Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, read more
In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.
The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold.
The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold.
Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!.
Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.
Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.
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.
