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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
possession goods insatiable
This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society. David Hume
possession struggle valuable
We're competitive now. We struggle to score. That's why every possession is so valuable to us. Dave Greenberg
possession power tendency time
There is a tendency in all parties, when they have been for a long time in possession of power, to augment it. John C. Calhoun
possession religion
One's religion is one's own possession and he has a right to it.
possession humans human-beings
No human being, even the most passionately loved and passionately loving, is ever in our possession. Albert Camus
possession values
Understand that the only possession of any value is life. Andre Gide
possession
Our possessions don't own us any more, because we don't possess them. Dan Davis
possession
Our possessions can be deadly. They can be subtly deadly. David Platt
possession proclamation
Gospel possession requires gospel proclamation.