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« on: August 05, 2009, 07:29:48 PM » |
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Books, the children of the brain. -Johnathan Swift
Books that you may carry to the fire and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. - Samuel Johnson
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed. - Sir William Temple
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. - Sir Francis Bacon
In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream. - Thomas Carlyle
Never read any book that is not a year old. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The true University of these Days is a collection of Books. - Thomas Carlyle
The Value of many men and books rests solely on their faculty for compellingall to speak out the most hidden and intimate things. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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A blessed companion is a book, - a book fitly chosen is a life-long friend. - Douglas William Jerrold
The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books. - Longfellow
A good book is the precious life blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on a purpose to a life beyond life. - John Milton
As good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a book kills reason itself. - John Milton
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever. - Martin Farquhar Tupper
No book was so bad but some good might be got out of it. - Pliny the Younger (61-105 AD)
Reading maketh a full Man. - Sir Francis Bacon
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good. - Samuel Johnson
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BTackitt
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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2009, 10:26:41 AM » |
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New quote found today on my son's I-Touch:
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. ~ Ben Franklin
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading, or do things worth writing about.
~Ben Franklin
Stop thinking in terms of limitations, and start thinking in terms of possibilities. ~ Terry Josephson
The writer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity of which he is The Creator.
~ Author Unknown
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2009, 12:21:42 PM » |
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I like these, BT, great idea for screensavers!
Betsy
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"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -Eleanor Roosevelt
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." -Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird
"Oh come on! Stake through the heart. A little sunlight. It's like falling off a log" -Buffy, the Vampire Slayer |
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« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2009, 12:57:35 PM » |
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« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2009, 01:02:10 PM » |
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I like BT's too and I also like the one conected to my lower edge.
sylvia
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The more you read, the more you know.
The more you know, the smarter you grow.
The smarter you grow, the stronger your voice.
when speaking your mind or making your choice.
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« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2010, 08:26:41 AM » |
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Just found a great quote I am working on merging with a picture of the building it relates to.  I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two are a law firm and three or more are a congress. ~ John Adams |
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« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2010, 10:31:43 PM » |
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This one is in someone's sig line... but I thought it was appropriate for here... covers Tea & Books.. my favorites:
You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
-C. S. Lewis
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« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2010, 09:44:09 AM » |
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Great idea!
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« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2010, 11:38:41 AM » |
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The quotation that inspired the name for my Kindle blog: "The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds."
~ Frederick William Robertson
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