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When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.

When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you. The public library is a great equaliser.

Wherever they burn books, in the end will also burn human beings.

Who dares to teach must never cease to learn.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd rather have been talking

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.

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