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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All literature is political. – LeVar Burton

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Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. – Roland Barthes

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Encourage and pursue an inclination to reading early in life; it is laying up a treasure for the latter part of it… – Countess Dowager of Carlisle, Thoughts in the Form of Maxims addressed to Young

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Books are the glass of council to dress ourselves by. – Bulstrode Whitlock

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