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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.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed in profit.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
which are delivered down from generation to generation, read more
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind,
which are delivered down from generation to generation, as
presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.
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!
Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
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.
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
