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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the read more
A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of read more
Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why --but the editorialists forget it --terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking.
By words the mind is winged.
By words the mind is winged.
Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.
Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.
Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.
Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.
The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers.
The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers.
There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding read more
There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends-always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that.
