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“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E.B. White

tags: activism, humor, life, pleasure

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“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
― George Eliot

tags: inspirational, misattributed, source-unknown

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“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
― Mark Twain

tags: bookroom, books, libraries, wisdom

10427 likes

“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
― Mark Twain

tags: clothing

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

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

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Conor’s Groups

Dublin Bookworms — 78 members — last activity Mar 27, 2017 07:59AM
A group of Dubliners who love to read or write getting a place to chat and review stuff.

The History Book Club — 25991 members — last activity 15 minutes ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

La Cosa Nostra — 53 members — last activity Jan 19, 2016 01:01AM
A place for people interested in the Mafia and the books about it.

Around the World in 80 Books — 31087 members — last activity 10 minutes ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more