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The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you read more
The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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 lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
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.
Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.
Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.
