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Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
Books are a finer world within the world.
Books are a finer world within the world.
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands read more
Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
