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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.
For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason read more
For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.
Laws die, Books never.
Laws die, Books never.
 We call some books immortal! Do they live?
 If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.
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 We call some books immortal! Do they live?
 If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.
  In Books, the veriest wicked rest in peace. 
The proper study of mankind is books.
The proper study of mankind is books.
 Worthy books
 Are not companions--they are solitudes:
  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.  
 Worthy books
 Are not companions--they are solitudes:
  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares. 
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.