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“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”
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“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
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“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
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“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
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“I never teach my pupils, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.”
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Around the World in 80 Books
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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
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