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William Osler

"To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all."

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"To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all."

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"When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults."

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"I have always read all the latest cookery books and magazines, from all over the world."

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"We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study."

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"Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please."

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"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."

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"In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them."

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"The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it."

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"What if I were seeking a hardcopy? A book I can bury my nose in metaphorically and literally if I'm a self-confessed book-sniffer and proud to say so."

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"Read much, but not many books."

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