Paulfozz

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Paulfozz’s Bookshelves

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around-the-world-in-80-books‎ (36)
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books-read-in-2017‎ (4)
owned‎ (655)
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fiction‎ (304)
all-nature-books‎ (259)

acquisitions-2013‎ (212)
history‎ (165)
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the-folio-society‎ (91)
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Paulfozz’s Quotes

“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, classic, reading

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“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

tags: books, friends, reading, teachers

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“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer, Mrs. Goose, Her Book

tags: misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln, misattributed-to-mark-twain, remaining-silent, wisdom

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“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”
― Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions

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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

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