Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Make thy books thy companions. Let thy cases and shelves be thy pleasure grounds and gardens.
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Let your bookcases and your shelves be your gardens and your pleasure-grounds. Pluck the fruit that grows therein, gather the roses, the spices, and the myrrh.
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Be not like the bird that sees the seed, but not the trap.
-- Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon
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To her- Hand in hand we come Christopher Robin and I To lay this book in your lap. Say you're surprised? Say you like it? Say it's just what you wanted? Because it's yours- because we love you.
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A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.
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One has to ascertain the right path for his activities by following in the footsteps of great saintly persons and books of knowledge under the guidance of a spiritual master.
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Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
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Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.
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Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.
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In very clear and available language, this book details how to recognize the inner critic and how to deal effectively with it. Byron Brown's presentation is useful for any individual who wishes to be free from the inner suffering and coercion of this ancient foe of our humanity, but it is specifically directed to those interested and engaged in the inner journey toward realization and enlightenment.
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May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
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Books read in a public library never have the same flavour as books read in the attic or the kitchen.
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Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence.
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