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A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wise

A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. – Jeremy Collier

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Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature which one would think, might dispose us to modesty. – Jeremy Collier

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A good book should leave you… slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. – William Styron, interview, Writers at Work, 1958

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Christie loved books… This amusement lightened many heavy hours, peopled the silent house with troops of friends, and, for a time, was the joy of her life. – Louisa May Alcott, “Servant,” Work: A Story of Experience, 1873

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The truest owner of a library is he who has bought each book for the love he bears to it; who is happy and content to say, “Here are my jewels, my choicest possessions!” – Frank Carr

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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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These days, our senses are bombarded with aggression. We are constantly confronted with global images of unending, escalating war and violence. – Margaret J. Wheatley

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