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Habit is the nursery of errors.

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As long as ignorance and misery exist in the world, books like the one you are about to read are, perhaps, not entirely useless

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A library implies an act of faith.

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A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn." (1872)

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Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing.

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Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

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...Nobody knows like a woman how to say things that are both sweet and profound. Sweetness and depth, this is all of woman; this is Heaven.

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Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognised: that the human race has been harshly treated, but tha...more

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With the exercise of a little care, the nettle could be made useful; it is neglected and it becomes hurtful. It is exterminated. How many men resemble...more

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He loved books, those undemanding but faithful friends.

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People are unlearning certain things, and they do well, provided that, while unlearning them they learn this: There is no vacuum in the human heart. C...more