It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.

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Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it...

Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it...

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more...

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more...

Love's a disease. But curable.

Love's a disease. But curable.

Only one hour in a day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed...

Only one hour in a day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.

In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.

Literature can remind us that not all life is already written down: there are still...

Literature can remind us that not all life is already written down: there are still...

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea," said Japhy. "Remember that book I told...

Now you understand the Oriental passion for tea,

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify...

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify...

To read too many books is harmful.

To read too many books is harmful.

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We...

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We...

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but...

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but...

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without...

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without...

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

The wonderful thing about books is that they allow us to enter imaginatively into someone...

The wonderful thing about books is that they allow us to enter imaginatively into someone...

What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less...

What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...