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Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.
Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
An art book is a museum without walls.
An art book is a museum without walls.
The proper study of mankind is books.
The proper study of mankind is books.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from read more
The Wise
(Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
But in their books, as from their graves they rise.
Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,
Walk with and warn us!
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
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.
