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“A man who has lived in many places is not likely to be deceived by the local errors of his native village; the scholar has lived in many times and is therefore in some degree immune from the great cataract of nonsense that pours from the press and the microphone of his own age.”
― The Weight of Glory
― The Weight of Glory
“The only thing about a man that is a man . . . is his mind. Everything else you can find in a pig or a horse.”
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“We read to know we're not alone.”
― Shadowlands: A Play
― Shadowlands: A Play
“I don't believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don't have any money. When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money. I couldn't go to college, so I went to the library three days a week for 10 years.”
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“A book in hand is worth ten on the shelf”
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