Men who care passionately for women attach themselves at least as much to the temple and to the accessories of the cult as to their goddess herself.

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Every invalid is a prisoner.

Every invalid is a prisoner.

I have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to...

I have never seasoned a truth with the sauce of a lie in order to...

A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning...

A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning...

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful - there are far too many children.

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful - there are far too many children.

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down...

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

Songs wont save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs are sneaky things;...

Songs wont save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs are sneaky things;...

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy...

Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy...

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and...

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long...

A book comes and says, Write me. My job is to try to serve it...

A book comes and says, Write me. My job is to try to serve it...

The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.

The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

I don't trust books. They're all fact and no heart.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole...

Up! up! my friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double. . .

Up! up! my friend, and quit your books; Or surely you'll grow double. . .

Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them