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Wisdom is not wisdom when it is der…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. Great short quote and quotation by: Horace , Roman lyric poet & satirist (65 BC – 8 BC)

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Hermann Hesse

Without words, without writing and …

15 Feb , 2011  

Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity. Great short quote and quotation by: Hermann Hesse , Swiss (German-born) author (1877 – 1962)

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Andrew Lang

You can cover a great deal of count…

27 Apr , 2010  

You can cover a great deal of country in books. Great short quote and quotation by: Andrew Lang , Scottish author & scholar (1844 – 1912)

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Voltaire

You despise books; you whose lives …

27 Apr , 2010  

You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books. Great short quote and quotation by: Voltaire , French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 – 1778)

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James Baldwin

You think your pains and heartbreak…

27 Apr , 2010  

You think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who have ever been alive. Great short quote and quotation […]

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Saint Bernard, Epistle

You will find something more in woo…

27 Apr , 2010  

You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. Great short quote and quotation by: Saint Bernard, Epistle , French abbot & saint (1090 – 1153)

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