"What we wish, that we readily believe."

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"A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

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"You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This is to me is a miracle."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

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"Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

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"No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally " and often far more " worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"If I am communicating to my readers exactly what the White House believes on any certain issue, that's reporting to them an unvarnished, unfiltered version of what they - the Administration - believe."

Jeff Gannon, American Journalist

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"No book, however good, can survive a hostile reading."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

Reading, Books, Interpretation, Understanding

"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"One thing I will surely miss is that I couldn't read all the good books in this lifetime."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"Books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

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"There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion."

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"What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice."

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"A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual."

"You can read Kant by yourself, if you wanted to; but you must share a joke with someone else."

"By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This is to me is a miracle."

"Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers."

"No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally " and often far more " worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond."

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"No book, however good, can survive a hostile reading."

"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider."

"One thing I will surely miss is that I couldn't read all the good books in this lifetime."

"Books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life."

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"I am a citizen of the world."

"Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises."

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"All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action."

"The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves."

"No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods."

"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true."

"There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion."

"Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states."

"What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice."