Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books, than he already knows.
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The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile ...
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We do not belong to those who have ideas only among books, when stimulated by books. It is our habit to think outdoors - walking, leaping, climbing, d...
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Just as little as a reader today reads all of the individual words (let alone syllables) on a page—rather he picks about five words at random out of t...
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All good things are powerful stimulants to life, even a good book written against life.
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This book belongs to the most rare of men. Perhaps not one of them is yet alive. First the day after tomorrow must come for me. Some men are born post...
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Books and drafts mean something quite different for different thinkers. One collects in a book the lights he was able to steal and carry home swiftly ...
