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People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.
People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
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.
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how read more
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.
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.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
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.
A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from read more
A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.
