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    The mind, relaxing into needful sport,
    Should turn to writers of an abler sort,
    Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style,
    Give truth a lustre, and make wisdom smile.

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The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll read more

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.

by Dr. Seuss Found in: Reading Quotes,
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Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

by Margaret Fuller Found in: Reading Quotes,
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Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in read more

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Reading Quotes,
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If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated
readings deserves to be read at all.

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated
readings deserves to be read at all.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Reading Quotes,
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In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature,
the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
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In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature,
the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
- Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,

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And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it
plain upon tables, that he may read more

And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it
plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

by Bible Found in: Reading Quotes,
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Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the
one, health is preserved, strengthened, read more

Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the
one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the
other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive,
cherished, and confirmed.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Reading Quotes,
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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

by Cliff Fadiman Found in: Reading Quotes,
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We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever
it may be, as he saw read more

We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever
it may be, as he saw it.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Reading Quotes,
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