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Quote by James Bryce
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away f

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it. – James Bryce

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He showed that fame may be won and what services be rendered by a plain son of the people unaided by any gifts of fortune. – James Bryce

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Presidents Day
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The People, though we think of a great entity when we use the word, means nothing more than so many millions of individual men. – James Bryce

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Government
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Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong. – James Bryce

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Patriotism
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Other Quotes from
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I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go into the library and read a good book. – Groucho Marx

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Books

If the book is second-hand, I leave all its markings intact, the spoor of previous readers, fellow-travellers who have recorded their passage by means of scribbled comments, a name on the fly-leaf, a bus ticket to mark a certain page. – Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night

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Books

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. – Francis Bacon

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Books

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. – Mark Twain

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Books

Random Quotes

The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Humanity

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. – Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

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Humorous

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve. – Robert S. Lynd

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Happiness

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldnt swallow the hypocrisy. – Barry White

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Truth