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“He that loves a book will never want a [close] friend,
a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter.
By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently
divert and pleasantly entertain himself,
as in all weathers, as in all fortunes.”
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a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter.
By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently
divert and pleasantly entertain himself,
as in all weathers, as in all fortunes.”
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“People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.”
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“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
[Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]”
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[Commencement Address at Yale University, June 11 1962]”
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Jeremy’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jeremy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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126 friends
1,011 books
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211 friends
578 books
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97 friends
116 books
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16 friends
468 books
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124 friends
30 books
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47 friends
230 books
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39 friends
108 books
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128 friends
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