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Their books of stature small they take in hand,
Which with pellucid horn secured are;
To save from finger wet the letters fair.

— William Shenstone

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Necessity may be the mother of lucrative invention, but it is the death of poetical invention.

Essays on Men and Manners (1764)

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are shewing you the grounds of it.

Essays on Men and Manners (1764)

A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind.

Essays on Men and Manners (1764)

Oft has good-nature been the fool's defence,
And honest meaning gilded want of sense.

Verses to a Lady (1736)

Love can be founded upon nature only; or the appearance of it.

Essays on Men and Manners (1764)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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