"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."

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"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."

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"A book you finish reading is not the same book it was before you read it."

David Mitchell, British Novelist

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"If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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"Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of ones own."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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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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Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

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"The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British 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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"Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading."

C. S. Lewis, British 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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"Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use."

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"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."

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"Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set."

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"There was never law or sect or opinion did so much magnify goodness as the Christian religion doth."

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"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."

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"Knowledge is power."

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"When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative."

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"I wonder why it is that the countries with the most nobles also have the most misery?"

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"People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom."

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"We gave ourselves for lost men, and prepared for death. Yet we did lift up our hearts and voices to God above, who "showeth His wonders in the deep"."

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