Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.

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Books like friends should be few and well-chosen.

Books, like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Every man who attacks my belief diminishes in some degree my confidence in it and therefore makes m

Every man who attacks my belief diminishes in some degree my confidence in it and therefore makes me uneasy, and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.

If your determination is fixed I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to dilige

If your determination is fixed I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.

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    Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.

    He who would travel happily must travel light.

    He who would travel happily must travel light.

    Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

    Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.

    You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

    You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

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