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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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I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act. – G.K. Chesterton

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There is no thief worse than a bad book. – Italian Proverb

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In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation. – Stéphane Mallarmé

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Books are the compasses and telescopes and sextants and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life. – Jesse Lee Bennett

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