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 The mind, relaxing into needful sport,
 Should turn to writers of an abler sort,
  Whose wit well read more 
 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. 
 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. 
Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.
Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.
 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.] 
 But truths on which depends our main concern,
 That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn,
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 But truths on which depends our main concern,
 That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn,
  Shine by the side of every path we tread
   With such a lustre he that runs may read. 
 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. 
Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.
Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.
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
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