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A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in read more
A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way
Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in read more
Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it read more
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it selfe.
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.
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.
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!
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.
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have read more
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
