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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.
Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]
Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]
The quantity of books in a person's library, is often a cloud of witnesses to the ignorance of the owner.
The quantity of books in a person's library, is often a cloud of witnesses to the ignorance of the owner.
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.
A great library contains the diary of the human race.
A great library contains the diary of the human race.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future
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.
Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.
Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.
'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!
