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The whole book is my own, and every sentiment and sentence in it.

— Davy Crockett A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)

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Although our great man at the head of the nation, has changed his course, I will not change mine.

I concluded my speech by telling them that I was done with politics for the present, and they might all go to hell, and I would go to Texas.

Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas (1836)

I know, that obscure as I am, my name is making a considerable deal of fuss in the world.

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)

Where the wild savage roves, and the broad prairies spread,
The fallen — despised — will again go ahead.

Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas (1836)

I leave this rule for others when I'm dead
Be always sure you're right — THEN GO AHEAD!

A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (1834)

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

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

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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