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Quote by Joseph Brodsky
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not read

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. – Joseph Brodsky

Other quotes by Joseph Brodsky

I do not believe in political movements. I believe in personal movement, that movement of the soul when a man who looks at himself is so ashamed that he tries to make some sort of change – within himself, not on the outside. – Joseph Brodsky

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Change
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Joseph Brodsky
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What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness. – Joseph Brodsky

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Beauty
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Joseph Brodsky
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Other Quotes from
Books
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If you have never said “Excuse me” to a parking meter or bashed your shins on a fireplug, you are probably wasting too much valuable reading time. – Sherri Chasin Calvo

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Books

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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Books

Never judge a book by its movie. – J.W. Eagan

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Books

Sit bona librorum copia. – Horace (There are plenty of good books. Let me have a good supply of books.)

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Books

Random Quotes

In Italy, they add work and life on to food and wine. – Robin Leach

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Food

Ive never been a huge sweets eater, and Ive always loved a Mediterranean diet. We eat a lot of dark leafy greens, and a couple meals each week are meat-free. We enjoy eating a balanced diet. – Rachael Ray

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diet

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness. – Blaise Pascal

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Men

Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so much attention that a husband and wife, concentrating on their children, fail to notice each others faults. – Richard Armour

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Marriage