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"In the case of
good books, the
point is not to see
how many of them you
can get through, but
how many can get
through to you."
[MORTIMER ADLER] |
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"For me it is sufficient
to have a corner by my hearth, a book and a
friend, and a nap
undisturbed by creditors or grief."
[FERNADEZ DE ANDRADA] |
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"Life is a wonderful
thing to talk about, or to
read about in history books - but it is
terrible when one has to live it."
[JEAN ANOUILH] |
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"Beware of the
man of one
book."
[SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS] |
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"In politics I am growing
indifferent -- I would like it, if I could now return to my planting and
books at home."
[FRANCOIS AROUET]
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"Some books are
undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered."
[WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN]
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"The world is a
book, and those who
do not travel read
only one page."
[SAINT AUGUSTINE] |
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"Some books are to be
tasted, others swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."
[SIR FRANCIS BACON] |
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"A book is a
friend; a
good book is a good
friend. It will talk to you when you
want it to
talk, and it will keep still when you
want it to keep still; and there
are not many friends who know enough to do that."
[B.A. BILLINGSLY]
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"A best seller was a book
which somehow sold well simply because it was selling well."
[DANIEL JOSEPH BOORSTIN]
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