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Mark Twain
“Of all God's creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”
Mark Twain
tags: cats

Mark Twain
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
Mark Twain

Frederick Douglass
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
Frederick Douglass

Walt Whitman
“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough”
Walt Whitman

S.I. Hayakawa
“In a very 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 lead; if we can read,
we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

S. I. Hayakawa

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