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People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving.
Immortality is the genius to move others long after you yourself have stopped moving.
Only your friends steal your books
Only your friends steal your books
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends and the most patient of teachers.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends and the most patient of teachers.
The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you read more
The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
