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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it read more
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it selfe.
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it read more
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.
Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
