If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer that there is one book better than a cheap book, - and that is a book honestly come by

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are...

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are...

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

No price is set on the lavish summer; June may be had by the poorest...

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for us.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say...

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say...

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

Communism means barbarism

Communism means barbarism

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

Be noble! And the nobleness that lies in other men, sleeping, but never dead, will...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an...

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an...

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no...

There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no...

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power...

Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power...

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect...

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect...

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious...

Truth, after all, wears a different face to everybody, and it would be too tedious...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise...

When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you

When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

President means chief servant

President means chief servant