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That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more
This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.
Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when
adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give
strength to read more
Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when
adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give
strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions brought
forward without books. Arts and sciences, the benefits of which
no mind can calculate. depend upon books.
Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!
Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!
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.
You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you read more
You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.
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.
