Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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No man is such a conqueror, as the one that has defeated himself.
Henry Ward Beecher · DisciplineDefeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.
Henry Ward Beecher · DefeatTroubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends.
Dawn Adams · Books - ReadingReading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Mortimer J. Adler · Books - ReadingThat is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
Amos Bronson Alcott · Books - ReadingBeware of the person of one book.
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