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

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

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Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world. – Edwin Markham

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Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own. – William Hazlitt

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Far more seemly were it for thee to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money. – John Lyly

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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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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. – Henry Ward Beecher

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