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'Tis well to borrow from the good and the great;
'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!

'Tis well to borrow from the good and the great;
'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!

by J.g. Saxe Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by
getting a great library.

It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by
getting a great library.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.

by Carl T. Rowan Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe
Where every book is thy epitaph.

Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe
Where every book is thy epitaph.

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Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were
only the history of pinheads.

Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were
only the history of pinheads.

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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

by Bayard Taylor Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient
saints, full of true virtue, and that read more

Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient
saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or
imposture, are preserved and reposed.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

by Barbara Tuchman Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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