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Letter "B" » Books
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«Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.»
«Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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Books
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chewed, chews, chew up, digested, digesting, digests, swallowed, swallow up, tasted
«Sir, my friend John Baynes used to say that the man who published a book without an index ought to be damned ten miles beyond Hell, where the Devil could not get for stinging nettles»
«Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to be taught; the former are like venomous spiders, extracting a poisonous quality, where the latter, like the bees, sip out a sweet and profitable juice»
Author: L. Estrange
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Books,
Reading
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extracting, find fault, juice, poisonous, profitable, Read only, sip, Sipping, venomous
«Real poverty is lack of books»
«Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.»
«Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.»
«People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
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Books
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books, bring, bring to
«Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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Books
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first book, may not
«Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.»
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