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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science...
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Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of little children...
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He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.
Quote #20907
Leave her to heaven And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To...
Quote #9129
Summer afternoon – Summer afternoon… the two most beautiful words in the English language.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill...
Quote #21072
But words came halting forth, wanting Inventions stayInvention, Natures child, fled step-dame Studys blows…Biting...
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I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of...
Quote #26937
Lasciate ogni speranza voi ch’entrate. (Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here)
Quote #11933
A great many open minds should be closed for repairs.