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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The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors. – William Hazlitt

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Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that. – William Hazlitt

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The book borrower…proves himself to be an inveterate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he guards his borrowed treasures…as by his failure to read these books. – Walter Benjamin

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There are books from which one inhales an exquisite air. – Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), translated from French by George H. Calvert, 1

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A blessed companion is a book, — a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend,… a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into our own. – Douglas Jerrold

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A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul. – Franz Kafka

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Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. – Thomas Moore, c.1813 song “Come, Ye Disconsolate”

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Most women are not as young as they are painted. – Max Beerbohm

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Nothing is said which has not been said before. – Terence

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Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. – George Jean Nathan

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