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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

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All the known world excepting only savage nations is governed by books.

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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.

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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

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Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what s...more

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What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbors, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becom...more