The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a drifting belief in the moment and its power to satisfy.

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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion...

The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion...

I am alone here in New York, no longer a we.

I am alone here in New York, no longer a we.

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction;...

Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction;...

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes...

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

Knowledge is true opinion.

Knowledge is true opinion.

Each excellent thing, once learned, serves for a measure of all other knowledge

Each excellent thing, once learned, serves for a measure of all other knowledge

We know lots of things we didn't use to know but we don't know any...

We know lots of things we didn't use to know but we don't know any...

He that knows little often repeats it

He that knows little often repeats it

Information is not synonymous with knowledge. Information is only data, parts of the whole. Knowledge...

Information is not synonymous with knowledge. Information is only data, parts of the whole. Knowledge...

He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun...

He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool, shun...

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge...

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of...

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of...

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before...

One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before...

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do...

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do...

Rest in reason; move in passion

Rest in reason; move in passion

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.

Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.