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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.
Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.
Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.
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.
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as read more
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.
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.
It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?
It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?
Books are a finer world within the world.
Books are a finer world within the world.
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it read more
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
Hark, the world so loud,
And they, the movers of the world, so still!
Hark, the world so loud,
And they, the movers of the world, so still!
