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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
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.
This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more
This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.
Books are humanity in print.
Books are humanity in print.
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it read more
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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.
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.
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
