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Petrarch

"Books have led some to learning and others to madness."

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"Books have led some to learning and others to madness."

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"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."

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"I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books."

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"Books-oh! no. I am sure we never read the same, or not with the samefeelings.""I am sorry you think so; but if that be the case, there can at least beno want of subject. We may compare our different opinions."

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"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life."

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"A book, too, can be a star 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly."

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"I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years."

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