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The mere brute pleasure of reading — the sort of pleasure a

The mere brute pleasure of reading — the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. – Lord Chesterfield

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The heart never grows better by age I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older. – Lord Chesterfield

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Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. – Lord Chesterfield

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The truest owner of a library is he who has bought each book for the love he bears to it; who is happy and content to say, “Here are my jewels, my choicest possessions!” – Frank Carr

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Books — the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity. – George Steiner

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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. – Richard Steele, Tatler, 1710

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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. – Arabic proverb

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Politics are a very unsatisfactory game. – Henry Adams

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