For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

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Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.

Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.

Even Pain pricks to livelier living.

Even Pain pricks to livelier living.

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of...

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of...

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which...

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which...

Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery...

Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery...

All books are either dreams or swords.

All books are either dreams or swords.

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics...

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics...

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with...

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with...

A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of...

A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of...

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from...

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from...

I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing...

I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing...

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow.

You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow.

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can...

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can...

Youth condemns; maturity condones

Youth condemns; maturity condones

When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you...

When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you...

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from...

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from...

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man

The sun also shines on the wicked

The sun also shines on the wicked

Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life As Rome denied...

Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life As Rome denied...