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"It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old."
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"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."
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"Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books."
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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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"It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks."
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"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."
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"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out."
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"To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films."
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"As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them."
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"You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here."
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"I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess."
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"There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination."
Imagination
"The groundwork of all happiness is health."
Happiness
"Sympathizing and selfish people are alike, both given to tears."
People
"Colors are the smiles of nature."
Nature
"The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man."
Man
"If you ever have to support a flagging conversation, introduce the topic of eating."
Conversation
"Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice."
History
"The only place a new hat can be carried into with safety is a church, for there is plenty of room there."
Church
"The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing."
People
"If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating."
Conversation
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