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- The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), 'Morituri Salutamus,' 1875
- How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden: Reading, 1854
- A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Society and Solitude: Works and Days, 1870
- Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), speech at Dartmouth College, June 14, 1953
- The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815 - 1902), 1890
- Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.
- Harry S Truman (1884 - 1972), August 8, 1950
- To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgement of others.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), Hyperion, 1839
- Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
- Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683), The Compleat Angler, 1653
- The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.
- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755 - 1826), Physiologie du Gout, 1825
- To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Poor Richard's Almanack, 1737
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