Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.
~ Igor Stravinsky
To a father growing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter.
~Euripides
Syllables govern the world.
~ John Selden
No two persons ever read the same book.
~ Edmund Wilson
The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of his tail.
~ Rabindranath Tagore
The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization.
~ Sigmund Freud
When you sell a man a book you just don't sell him twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue -- you sell him a whole new life.
~ Christopher Morley
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
~ Rene Descartes
The last quote is a personal favorite. I always learn something new from all these sages. It can be a feeling, a new word, a special thought, or even realize that the challenges, heartaches, and triumphs we experience today, have already happened in the past. Only the people, the cultures, and the names have changed.
Victoria Saccenti
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