Hugh Blair's Quote - The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of sty

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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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Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man. – Hugh Blair

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Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties. – Hugh Blair

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Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner. – Hugh Blair

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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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The multitude of books is making us ignorant. – Voltaire

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The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression, and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cast out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived. – Howard Pyle

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He fed his spirit with the bread of books. – Edwin Markham

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