Quote by Anatole France
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 books 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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To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations — such is a pleasure beyond compare. – Kenko Yoshida

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There is a wonder in reading Braille that the sighted will never know: to touch words and have them touch you back. – Jim Fiebig

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Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it. – Roland Barthes

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Books are immortal sons deifying their sires. – Plato

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