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 That he that readeth may run over it.
 [Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.]  
 That he that readeth may run over it.
 [Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.] 
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
 A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he 
reads as a task will do read more 
 A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he 
reads as a task will do him little good. 
 The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, 
imparts the vivacity and novelty of read more 
 The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, 
imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age. 
The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
 Night after night,
 He sat and bleared his eyes with books.  
 Night after night,
 He sat and bleared his eyes with books. 
 My early and invincible love of reading, . . . I would not 
exchange for the treasures of India.  
 My early and invincible love of reading, . . . I would not 
exchange for the treasures of India. 
When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more read more
When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before
 Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an 
exact man.  
 Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an 
exact man.