Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.
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You will find that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people, will, in the quickest and most delicate ways, improve yourself.John Ruskin
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The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it.
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All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time.
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A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.
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It does not matter what the whip is it is none the less a whip, because you have cut thongs for it out of your own souls.
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