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A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest

A public library is the most enduring of memorials, the trustiest monument for the preservation of an event or a name or an affection; for it, and it only, is respected by wars and revolutions, and survives them. – Mark Twain, 1894

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A mans library is a sort of harem. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The library lets you borrow the beauty and keep the knowledge. – Author Unknown

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Libraries are the wardrobes of literature, whence men, properly informed may bring forth something for ornament, much for curiosity, and more for use. – William Dyer

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

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