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Quote by Hugh Blair
The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of sty

The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible. – Hugh Blair

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Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of Gods providence. – Hugh Blair

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If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions. – Author unknown

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An ordinary man can… surround himself with two thousand books… and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. – Augustine Birrell

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

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This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum. – Elbert Hubbard

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