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The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where read more
That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues.
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
