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Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
Laws die, Books never.
Laws die, Books never.
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested.
