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Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true
Books, like friends, should be few and well-chosen
You cannot open a book without learning something
The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most
Without books the development of civilization would have been impossible. They are the engines of change, windows on the world, �Lighthouses� as the poet said �erected in the sea of time.� They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind, Books are humanity in print
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents
Any book, which is at all important, should be reread immediately
If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own
When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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