Quote by William Hazlitt
Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of ou

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own. – William Hazlitt

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To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. – William Hazlitt

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Wisdom
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I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it roaring and raging like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free, and ending just where it began. – William Hazlitt

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There is reading, and there is reading. Reading as a means to an end, for information, to cultivate oneself; reading as an end in itself, a process, a compulsion. – Sven Birkerts (b.1951), “Notes from a Confession,” The Agni Review, No.22 (1985)

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Books

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read. – G.K. Chesterton

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Books

Far more seemly were it for thee to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money. – John Lyly

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Books

Titles of Books.—Decoys to catch purchasers. – Paul Chatfield

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Books

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The motive power of the safety-first movement is a realization of the fact that lives and limbs need not be sacrificed to any desired result… – The Anode by the Bureau of Safety of the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., March 1917

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Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age. – Alfred Nobel

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