Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

Quote by Charles Kingsley

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Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance...

Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance...

Beauty is God's handwriting.

Beauty is God's handwriting.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

Happiness is what happens to us when we try to make someone else happy.

Happiness is what happens to us when we try to make someone else happy.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all...

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all...

Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put...

Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put...

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is...

Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is...

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and...

Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make Life, Death, and...

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly,...

It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly,...

A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if...

A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if...

There are two freedoms; The false, where man is free to do what he likes;...

There are two freedoms; The false, where man is free to do what he likes;...

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book.

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If...

We ought to reverence books; to look on them as useful and mighty things. If...

If a person with a rural accent says 'I don't know much about politics,' zip...

If a person with a rural accent says 'I don't know much about politics,' zip...

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Politics is largely a matter of heart.

Politics is largely a matter of heart.