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There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read
Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men
A room without books is like a body without a soul
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author
When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out
It is a sure evidence of a good book if it pleases us more and more as we grow older
A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors
Most books today seemed to have been written overnight from books read the day before
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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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