Quote by G.K. Chesterton
There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and a tired man who wants a book to read. – G.K. Chesterton

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Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. – G.K. Chesterton

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There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. – G.K. Chesterton

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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. – Logan Pearsall Smith, Trivia, 1917

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Book lovers never go to bed alone. – Author unknown

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Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book. – Author unknown

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Books have to be read (worse luck it takes so long a time). It is the only way of discovering what they contain. A few savage tribes eat them, but reading is the only method of assimilation revealed to the West. – E.M. Forster

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