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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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