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A library is thought in cold storage.
A library is thought in cold storage.
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it read more
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.
A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
Once we have learned to read, meaning of words can somehow register without consciousness.
