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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

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All the known world excepting only savage nations is governed by books.

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Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

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What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.

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I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.

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Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is c...more

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What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our neighbors, we kindle it at home, we communicate it to others, and it becom...more

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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.