The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.

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In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?

A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who...

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who...

Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul...

Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul...

Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We...

Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We...

The success of Heine -- to become a world-famous 'unkown poet.'

The success of Heine -- to become a world-famous 'unkown poet.'

A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.

A song will outlive all sermons in the memory.

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the...

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the...

There is only one happiness in life -- to love and to be loved.

There is only one happiness in life -- to love and to be loved.

There are two types of actors: those who say they want to be famous and...

There are two types of actors: those who say they want to be famous and...

ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well...

ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well...

The childhood shows the man, / As morning shows the day. Be famous then /...

The childhood shows the man, / As morning shows the day. Be famous then /...

At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this Rolls-Royce comes from the electric...

At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this Rolls-Royce comes from the electric...

I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about...

I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about...

What do you do after you are world famous and nineteen or twenty and you...

What do you do after you are world famous and nineteen or twenty and you...

People say we're all identical, but Jennifer Lopez is an American. She's from New York....

People say we're all identical, but Jennifer Lopez is an American. She's from New York....

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having...

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having...