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Quote by John Lyly
Far more seemly were it for thee to have thy study full of books,

Far more seemly were it for thee to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money. – John Lyly

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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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Books are a refuge, a sort of cloistral refuge, from the vulgarities of the actual world. – Walter Pater

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