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Quote by Francesco Petrarch
I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons

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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Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace. – Francesco Petrarch

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I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves. – E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951

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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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The title of a book fills the place of the face in a human being. – Gustav Boehm, “A Discourse on Title Page Composition,” in The Inland Printer (Ch

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Medicine for the soul. – Inscription over the door of the Library at Thebes

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