Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.

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It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

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It is impossible to love and to be wise.

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Knowledge itself is power.

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I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

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