The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

Author: Voltaire

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Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.

God gave us the gift of life, it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

I know many books which have bored their readers but I know of none which has done real evil.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

The biggest seller is cookbooks, and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.

You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.

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

You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.