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Some books are to be tasted, others are to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
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Salomon saith, There is no new thing upon the earth. So that as Plato had an imagination, that all knowledge was but remembrance; so Salomon giveth his sentence, that all novelty is but oblivion.
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Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
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Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.
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A man dies as often as he loses his friends.
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Look upon good books; they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble: be you but true to yourself...and you shall need no other comfort nor counsel.
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The only really interesting thing iswhat happens between two people in a room.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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