Quote by Washington Irving
The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, compan

The scholar only knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value. – Washington Irving

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There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift ones position, and be bruised in a new place. – Washington Irving

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A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. – Washington Irving

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Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. Youre never as good as youd like to be. So theres always something to hope for. – Washington Irving

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An ordinary man can… surround himself with two thousand books… and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy. – Augustine Birrell

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He fed his spirit with the bread of books. – Edwin Markham

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In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream. – Thomas Carlyle

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Titles of Books.—Decoys to catch purchasers. – Paul Chatfield

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