People buy books to own knowledge and have others see them as people of knowledge

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People buy books to own knowledge and have others see them as people of knowledge.

People buy books to own knowledge and have others see them as people of knowledge.

Your sweet little book is a bizarre collection of out-of-context quotations, misquotations, misleading quotations, non...

Your sweet little book is a bizarre collection of out-of-context quotations, misquotations, misleading quotations, non...

My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library...

My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library...

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world...

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in...

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in...

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me.

My only books were woman's looks, and folly's all they've taught me.

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the...

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the...

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage...

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage...

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the...

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the...

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but...

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but...

When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices...

When I see throughout this book, called the Bible, a history of the grossest vices...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore...

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore...

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...

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about...

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about...

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old...

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.