Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
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Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.George Henry Lewes
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
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The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.
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As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things.
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No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so.
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Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.
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