Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

Picture Quote by Mark Twain

Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

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Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.

Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and...

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Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and...

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to...

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But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to...

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

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Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Classic' - a book which people praise and don't read.

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Classic' - a book which people praise and don't read.

The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth...

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The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth...

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that,...

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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that,...

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the...

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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the...

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the...

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In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the...

Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company

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Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company

Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't...

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Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't...

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite...

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If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite...

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you...

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Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you...

Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it

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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then...

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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then...

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

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It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best,...

What is Father Christmas' wife called ? Mary Christmas!

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What is Father Christmas' wife called ? Mary Christmas!

Time spent with cats is never wasted

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Time spent with cats is never wasted

Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright, Until you hear them...

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Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright, Until you hear them...