Nutrimentum spiritus (food for the soul). – Berlin Royal Library, inscription
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The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and the glories of a modern one. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
No possession can surpass, or even equal a good library, to the lover of books. Here are treasured up for his daily use and delectation, riches which increase by being consumed, and pleasures that never cloy. – John Alfred Landford
In truth, the Library includes all verbal structures, all variations permitted by the twenty-five orthographical symbols, but not a single example of absolute nonsense. – Jorge Luis Borges
So did this horse excel a common one In shape, in courage, color, pace and bone. …What a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back. – William Shakespeare
