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Epictetus and Antoninus have had readers ever since they were first printed. The little book of Antoninus has been the companion of some great men.

— George Long

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It is an undoubted truth that, if a thing is not learned well, there is more harm done than good acquired.

All education which is in its kind complete and good, is the means of forming character, and of making useful men and women.

He will learn to observe carefully, and not to be deceived, as we sometimes are, by appearances.

I believe that many children in the humblest schools will observe and learn as well as those in other schools.

A man who attempts to debate when he cannot listen must make a wretched display of impotence.

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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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