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A home without books is a body without soul.
A home without books is a body without soul.
 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. 
 Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we 
cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books read more 
 Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we 
cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books of 
science, though without any desire fixed of improvement, will 
grow more knowing; he that entertains himself with moral or 
religious treatises, will imperceptibly advance in goodness; the 
ideas which are often offered to the mind, will at last find a 
lucky moment when it is disposed to receive them. 
We read to know we are not alone.
We read to know we are not alone.
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.
Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.
Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.
 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. 
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.
 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.