A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one - it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.
There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that's your own self.
The proper study of mankind is books.
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
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