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That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where read more
That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues.
Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]
Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library.
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in a library.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future
A library implies an act of faith
A library implies an act of faith
The medicine chest of the soul.
The medicine chest of the soul.
A great library contains the diary of the human race.
A great library contains the diary of the human race.
A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of
diabolical knowledge.
A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of
diabolical knowledge.
Some book there is that she desires to see.
Which is it, girl, of these? Open them, boy.
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Some book there is that she desires to see.
Which is it, girl, of these? Open them, boy.
But thou art deeper read and better skilled:
Come and take choice of all my library,
And so beguile thy sorrow, till the heavens
Reveal the damned contriver of this deed.
