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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

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm. – Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson
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The deeper interior you have the more you have in your llibrary. – Jacqueline Bisset

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Libraries

A library is thought in cold storage. – Herbert Samuel

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Libraries

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. – Cicero

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Libraries

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

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Libraries

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