When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.

Quote by Christopher Morley

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The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.

Only the sinner has the right to preach.

Only the sinner has the right to preach.

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we...

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we...

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit...

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit...

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

All students can learn.

All students can learn.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.