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

Quote by Charles Kingsley

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Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us

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...

There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.

There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late.

Beauty is God's handwriting.

Beauty is God's handwriting.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long.

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.

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...

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream...

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream...

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...

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;...

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one...

A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one...

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Every Winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down...

Every Winter, When the great sun has turned his face away, The earth goes down...

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

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

The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and...

The world goes up and the world goes down, the sunshine follows the rain; and...

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.