"The books we read should be chosen..." - Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library,'The medicines of the soul.
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“Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one, he is a pedant.”
“Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart carries the heat and color of its birthplace.”
“Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life.”
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“Anyone buying this book is going to be out a tidy sum if he is sucked in by the title. I wish I could write a real sexy book that would be barred from the mails. Apparently nothing whets a reader's appetite for literature more than the news that the author has been thrown into a federal pokey for disturbing the libido of millions of Americans.”
“Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.”
“One Best Book is Equal To Hundred Good Friends But One Good Friend is Equal To A Library.”
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“The millionaire says to a thousand people, 'I read this book and it started me on the road to wealth.' Guess how many go out and get the book? Very few. Isn't that incredible? Why wouldn't everyone get the book?!”
“Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.”
“It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.”