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Quote by Samuel Johnson
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness, of captivity, would, without this comfort, be insupportable. – Samuel Johnson

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Hope
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Samuel Johnson
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair. – Samuel Johnson

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alone
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Libraries
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Librarians are almost always very helpful and often almost absurdly knowledgeable. Their skills are probably very underestimated and largely underemployed. – Charles Medawar

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Libraries

As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her. – Erma Bombeck

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Libraries

Nutrimentum spiritus (food for the soul). – Berlin Royal Library, inscription

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Libraries

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

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Libraries

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There is no truth. There is only perception. – Gustave Flaubert

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I think we now come to the park expecting to win instead of playing not to lose. – Eric Davis

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The secret of life is not to do what you like, but to like what you do. – Proverb

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I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite. – Bertrand Russell

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Civilization