Ben Beard

Ben’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (74)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (976)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
nonfiction‎ (416)
fiction‎ (295)
crime-mysteries‎ (158)
us-history‎ (154)
sports‎ (109)
world-history‎ (94)
classics‎ (93)
religion‎ (91)

politics‎ (88)
literature‎ (70)
fantasy‎ (68)
biography‎ (62)
basketball-history‎ (59)
western‎ (53)
thriller‎ (52)
graphic-novels‎ (47)
science‎ (33)
horror‎ (30)
self-improvement‎ (28)
young-adult‎ (27)

science-fiction‎ (26)
film-history‎ (23)
natural-history‎ (23)
historical-fiction‎ (19)
aviation-history‎ (18)
favorite-books‎ (18)
poetry-and-plays‎ (16)
football-history‎ (14)
children-s-books‎ (10)
woodworking‎ (10)
outdoorsman‎ (9)
writing‎ (9)

african-american-history‎ (8)
dadding‎ (7)
environment‎ (6)
philosophy‎ (6)
teaching‎ (6)
grammar-etymology‎ (5)
making-and-fixing‎ (5)
pop-culture‎ (5)
spy-stuff‎ (4)
dog-training‎ (3)
folklore‎ (2)
memoir‎ (2)

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Ben’s Quotes

“There is no man more dangerous than one who does not doubt his own rightness.”
― Louis L'Amour, Ride the Dark Trail

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“The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast,
and you miss all you are traveling for.”
― Louis L'Amour

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“There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.”
― Walter Lippmann, Liberty and the news

tags: liberty, lies, lippman, walter

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“The size of a man’s understanding may always be justly measured by his mirth.”
― Samuel Johnson, The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson, LL. D, Vol. 2 of 2

tags: humor, intelligence

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“My books promised me that life wasn’t just made up of workday tasks and prosaic things. The world is bigger and more colorful and more important than that.”
― Laura Amy Schlitz

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