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Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I h

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them. The only books I have in my library are those that other folks have lent me. – Anatole France

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The duty of literature is to note what counts, and to light up what is suited to the light. If it ceases to choose and to love, it becomes like a woman who gives herself without preference. – Anatole France

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Literature
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Anatole France
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What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster! – Anatole France

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Art
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If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldnt use, I would hire a professor and get some text books. – Stephen Leacock

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There are 70 million books in American libraries, but the one I want to read is always out. – Tom Masson

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To build up a library is to create a life. – Carlos María Domínguez

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Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. – Richard Powers

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Borrowers of books — those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes. – Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia, "The Two Races of Men," 1822

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I like wearing my wedding ring, its nice. – Jerry OConnell

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