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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from read more
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from their graves they rise.
Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,
Walk with and warn us!
The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in read more
The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all
A book is the only immortality.
A book is the only immortality.
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.
People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.
People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.
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.
