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I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can
Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
A book is the only immortality.
A book is the only immortality.
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.
 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few 
to be chewed and digested.  
 Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few 
to be chewed and digested. 
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
The proper study of mankind is books.
The proper study of mankind is books.