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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.

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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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A library implies an act of faith

A library implies an act of faith

by Victor Hugo 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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A library is an arsenal of liberty.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

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A great library contains the diary of the human race.

A great library contains the diary of the human race.

by Rev. George Dawson Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it read more

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose

by George Carlin Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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The richest minds need not large libraries.

The richest minds need not large libraries.

by Amos Bronson Alcott Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a read more

A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives them

by Mark Twain Found in: Libraries Quotes,
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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.

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