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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 books that other folks have lent me. – Anatole France

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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream not only plan, but also believe. – Anatole France

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No government ought to be without censors and where the press is free, no one ever will. Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign. – Anatole France

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I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command. – Francesco Petrarch

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The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. – James Bryce

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What the candystore was to other kids, the bookstore was to me. The library was my vacation. – Terri Guillemets, “Young bookworm,” 1998

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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. – Mary Wortley Montagu

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At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art. – Brian Eno

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There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify – so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of new heroism. The pity is that we must wonder at it, as we should at finding a pearl in rubbish. – John Keats

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