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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
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries
The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books
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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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