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English: "My go-to book is the complete works of Socrates"

— Carlos Menem Attributed

"Mi libro de cabecera son las obras completas de Sócrates"

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English: "Follow me, I won't let you down."

"Por los niños pobres que tienen hambre. Por los niños ricos que tienen tristeza."

"Pende sobre nuestras cabezas la espada de Penélope."

English: "The second round will be a formality, nothing more."

"Ante la mirada de Dios y el testimonio de la Historia, yo quiero proclamar: ¡Argentina, levántate y anda!"

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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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