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People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.
People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.
 The Wise
 (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
  But in their books, as from read more 
 The Wise
 (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
  But in their books, as from their graves they rise.
   Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,
    Walk with and warn us! 
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it read more
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
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.
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a read more
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
Laws die, Books never.
Laws die, Books never.
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.
I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and read more
I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands