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The mortality
of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books
most of all.
-- William Dean Howells
1837-1920, American Novelist,
Critic
This will
never be a civilized country until we expend more money for
books than we do for chewing gum.
-- Elbert Hubbard
1859-1915, American Author,
Publisher
To learn to
read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out
is a spark.
-- Victor Hugo
1802-1885, French Poet,
Dramatist, Novelist
It is from
books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of
life.
-- Victor Hugo
1802-1885, French Poet,
Dramatist, Novelist
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It is books
that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to
recall them with satisfaction when we are old.
-- Leigh Hunt
1784-1859, British Poet,
Essayist
A bad book is
as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as
sincerely from the author's soul.
-- Aldous Huxley
1894-1963, British Author
Books are the
money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.
-- Thomas H. Huxley
1825-1895, British Biologist,
Educator
The newest
books are those that never grow old.
-- George Holbrook Jackson
1874-1948, British Essayist,
Literary Historian,
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