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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither
desire thou his dainty meats:
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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither
desire thou his dainty meats:
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith
he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
One thought fills immensity.
One thought fills immensity.
Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,
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Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book,
that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
Never express yourself more clearly than you think.
Never express yourself more clearly than you think.