People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good clever or a

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good clever or amiable.

Author: Samuel Butler

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It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

Books are like imprisoned souls, till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms and to keep other people's books out of mine.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

Good night and sweet dreams, my love!

Love is when two people know everything about each other and are still friends.