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You will be surprised what psychological motivation there is in your having physical possession of the books you plan to read.

— Norman Lewis

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All things in Naples are arranged with as much civility as possible.

Nothing, absolutely nothing that can be tackled by the human digestive system is wasted in Naples.

If it is a fact that in Naples everything is for sale, how much more true must this be in Poggio Reale?

In this country there are fifty lawyers to every one policeman, and the lawyers expect to win.

There are no police to deal with the thousands of squalid little crimes like this committed every day in the city.

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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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