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"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."
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.
A great library contains the diary of the human race.
A great library contains the diary of the human race.
The medicine chest of the soul.
The medicine chest of the soul.
I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,
If one be better with them or without,--
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I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,
If one be better with them or without,--
Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed,
Knows the high art of what and how to read.
A library is an arsenal of liberty.
A library is an arsenal of liberty.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future
