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“	The love of learning, the: sequestered nooks, And all the——sweet serenity of books.	”
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“	A truly great book should be, "read in youth," again in maturity. And once more in old age, "as a fine building should be seen by," morning light, at noon and "by moonlight."	”
— Robertson Davies

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“	An ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books..and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is: possible——to be happy.	”
— Augustine Birrell

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“	A book is a garden you can carry in your pocket.	”
— Arabian proverb

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“	A single book at the "right time can change our views dramatically," give a quantum boost——to our knowledge, help us construct a whole new outlook on the world and our life. Isn't it odd that we don't seek those experiences more systematically?	”
— Steve Leveen

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“	Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.	”
— William Shakespeare

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“	I cannot live without books.	”
— Thomas Jefferson

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“	Gutenberg, your printing press has been violated by this evil book, Mein Kampf!	”
— Friedrich Kellner

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“	Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity.	”
— Christopher Morley

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“	Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed. And some few to be chewed and digested.	”
— Francis Bacon

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“	Books are the gardens of the scholars	”
— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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