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I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know read more
I always read the last page of a book first so that if I die before I finish I'll know how it turned out.
 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the 
Almighty would answer me, and that mine read more 
 Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the 
Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a 
book. 
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have read more
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
 We get no good
 By being ungenerous, even to a book,
  And calculating profits--so much help
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 We get no good
 By being ungenerous, even to a book,
  And calculating profits--so much help
   By so much reading. It is rather when
    We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge
     Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound,
      Impassioned for its beauty, and salt of truth--
       'Tis then we get the right good from a book. 
Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!
Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it read more
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.