It is the individual who knows how little he knows about himself who stands a reasonable chance of finding out something about himself before he dies.
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It is not true that we only have one life to live if we can read, we can live as many lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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Ever since man began to till the soil and learned not to eat the seed grain but to plant it and wait for the harvest, the postponement of gratification has been the basis of a higher standard of living and civilization.
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In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance.
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In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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