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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. 
 It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited 
six thousand years for read more 
 It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited 
six thousand years for an observer. 
 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.] 
 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. 
 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. 
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
 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. 
 If we encountered a man or rare intellect, we should ask him what 
books he read.
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 If we encountered a man or rare intellect, we should ask him what 
books he read.
   - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 
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