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If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would read more

If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it.

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas B. Macaulay Found in: Books Quotes,
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

by Cicero Found in: Books Quotes,
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If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it read more

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.

by William Hazlitt Found in: Books Quotes,
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Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.

Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Books Quotes,
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by William Ellery Channing Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by John Milton Found in: Books Quotes,
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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.

by Mark Twain Found in: Books Quotes,
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Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

by Stephen Vincent Benet Found in: Books Quotes,
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