The truest characters of ignorance are vanity and pride and arrogance.

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.

I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.

Close some doors today. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.

I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.