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

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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is c...more

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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

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