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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A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug. – George Borrow

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I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command. – Francesco Petrarch

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A good book has no ending. – R.D. Cumming

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A book that is shut is but a block. – Thomas Fuller

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