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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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Know the true value of time snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. – Lord Chesterfield

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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet by way of curiosity, and also for its intrinsic value; but most prized when polished. – Lord Chesterfield

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Jewelry
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The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. – Samuel Butler

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Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. – Francis Bacon

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For friends… do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble. – Francis Bacon

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How vast an estate it is that we came into as the intellectual heirs of all the watchers and searchers and thinkers and singers of the generations that are dead! What a heritage of stored wealth! What perishing poverty of mind we should be left in without it! – J.N. Larned

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The difference is wide that sheets will not decide. – English Proverb

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There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and forty-eight. – Ezra Pound

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Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music youre testing those relationships. – Jonathan Cain

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The lesson should be constantly enforced that though the people support the Government, Government should not support the people. – Grover Cleveland

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