"With thought, patience, and discrimination, book passion becomes the signature of a person's character."

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Source : Nicholas A. Basbanes (1995). “A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books”, Henry Holt & Company

Nicholas A. Basbanes

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Passion Quotes

“One word of God can do more than ten thousand words of men to relieve a distressed soul.”

Source : John Flavel (1677). “Divine Conduct and Saint Indeed”, p.134
“The antidote to feel-good history is not feel-bad history but honest and inclusive history.”

Source : James W. Loewen (2013). “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong”, p.111, The New Press
“It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.”
“The Lord is more constant and far more extravagant than it seems to imply. Wherever you turn your eyes the world can shine like transfiguration. You don't have to bring a thing to it except a little willingness to see. Only, who could have the courage to see it?”
“The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.”
“Truth isnâ€™t in accounts but in account-books.”
“The whole worl's in a state o' chassis.”
“Here and elsewhere we shall not obtain the best insight into things until we actually see them growing from the beginning.”

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