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Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
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.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit.
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
