"Let this little book be thy friend, if, owing to fortune or through thine own fault, thou canst not find a dearer companion."

Books, Solitude, Friendship, Loneliness

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"Let this little book be thy friend, if, owing to fortune or through thine own fault, thou canst not find a dearer companion."

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"At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"I am not a supporter of burning books; but like poison, some books should be kept away from simple minds who can't take in the strong content they provide."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

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"Isn't it true that a well-read book seems more alive to you, Ms Rainn?"

S. A. Tawks, British Author

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"We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"Perhaps this new kind of reading will appeal to us after we give it a try."

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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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"As for thy thirst after books, away with it with all speed."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

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"Cease endlessly striving for what you would like to do and learn to love what must be done."

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"When I say to the Moment flying;'Linger a while -- thou art so fair!'Then bind me in thy bonds undying,And my final ruin I will bear!"

Time

"Here too it's masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind.I grasped a lovely masked procession,And caught things from a horror show, I'd gladly settle for a false impression,If it would last a little longer, though."

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"Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing."

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"At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity."

"I am not a supporter of burning books; but like poison, some books should be kept away from simple minds who can't take in the strong content they provide."

"A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."

"Leisure without books is death, and burial of a man alive."

"My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall."

"Isn't it true that a well-read book seems more alive to you, Ms Rainn?"

"We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names."

"Perhaps this new kind of reading will appeal to us after we give it a try."

"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."

"As for thy thirst after books, away with it with all speed."

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"Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent."

"One always has time enough, if one will apply it well."

"One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude."

"We know accurately only when we know little, with knowledge doubt increases."

"On all the peaks lies peace."

"Talent develops in tranquility, character in the full current of human life."

"Cease endlessly striving for what you would like to do and learn to love what must be done."

"When I say to the Moment flying;'Linger a while -- thou art so fair!'Then bind me in thy bonds undying,And my final ruin I will bear!"

"Here too it's masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind.I grasped a lovely masked procession,And caught things from a horror show, I'd gladly settle for a false impression,If it would last a little longer, though."

"Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing."