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“In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.”
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“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”
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“When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.”
― The Prince and the Pauper
― The Prince and the Pauper
“Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use.”
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“There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he's crooked.”
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Gilda’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gilda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
68 books
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9 friends
1,682 books
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115 friends
1,000 books
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74 friends
1 book
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16 friends
0 books
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32 friends
0 books
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65 friends
45 books
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58 friends
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