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“The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.”
Voltaire quotes (French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778)
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“The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.”
John Greenleaf Whittier quotes (American Writer, 1807-1892)
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“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
Charles W. Eliot quotes (American University President of Harvard University for 40 years, 1834-1926)
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“Only your friends steal your books”
Voltaire quotes (French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778)
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“A book is a gift you can open again and again.”
Garrison Keillor quotes (American writer and broadcaster b.1942)
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“Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”
Voltaire quotes (French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778)
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“Books are a narcotic”
Franz Kafka quotes (German Writer of visionary fiction, 1883-1924)
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“Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence”
Jan Morris quotes
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“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers”
Voltaire quotes (French Philosopher and Writer. One of the greatest of all French authors, 1694-1778)
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“After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a kind of screen saver for your brain”

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“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.”
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