He who destroys a good book kills reason itself.

Quote by John Milton

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When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this...

When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this...

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.

Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.

Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun...

Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun...

I am a part of all that I have met

I am a part of all that I have met

To live a life half-dead, a living death.

To live a life half-dead, a living death.

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death,...

Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death,...

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than...

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than...

A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up...

A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up...

Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.

Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.

No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally...

No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally...

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.

Biochemically, love is just like eating large amounts of chocolate.

Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!

Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!

Time, the subtle thief of youth

Time, the subtle thief of youth

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble...

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble...

They also serve who only stand and wait.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the...

The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the...

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.

Nothing profits more than self-esteem, grounded on what is just and right.