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Quote by Francis Bacon
For friends... do but look upon good Books: they are true friends,

For friends… do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble. – Francis Bacon

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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a mans self. – Francis Bacon

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From my point of view, a book is a literary prescription put up for the benefit of someone who needs it. – S.M. Crothers

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A good book should leave you… slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. – William Styron, interview, Writers at Work, 1958

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A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend. – Author unknown

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Reading means borrowing. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Aphorisms

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Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Im very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own. – Norman MacCaig

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