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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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Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existance. – James Bryce

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Medicine
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Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows. – James Bryce

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Mistakes
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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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A book that is shut is but a block. – Thomas Fuller

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[R]eading time is still limited no matter how many commitments of work or friendship I am willing to ditch in favor of the pages. – Francis Spufford (b.1964), “Confessions of an English Fiction Eater,” The Child

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Books

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

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. – Italo Calvino

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Books

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To sit in judgment of those things which you perceive to be wrong or imperfect is to be one more person who is part of judgment, evil or imperfection. – Wayne Dyer

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Life is best when you are in love. – Michael Moriarty

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Age, like distance lends a double charm. – Oliver Herford

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