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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 are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as read more
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great read more
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.
Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
