The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.

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This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. - William Shakespeare

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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

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In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

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The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

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The two most important days of your life are the day that you’re born and the day that you find out why. - Mark Twain

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. — Thomas A. Edison

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

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To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. ― W. Somerset Maugham

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You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down. — Mary Pickford

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