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 In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and 
receives more instruction from the Press than the read more 
 In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and 
receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit. 
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
 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. 
 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. 
 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. 
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, read more
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.
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.
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
 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.