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John Godfrey Saxe on Books

d. 1887 United States

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'Tis well to borrow from the good and great;
'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create!

The Library: Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,
If one be better with them or without,—
Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed,
Knows the high art of what and how to read.

The Library: Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

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