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| Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man cannot read, and a timid one would not be entertained by, which even make us dangerous to existing _______ --such call I good books. | Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862, American Essayist, Poet, Naturalist |
| Take good hold of _______ and don't let her go, keep her for she is your life. | Bible Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism |
| The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not _______. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn't deliver the goods. | John Maynard Keynes 1883-1946, British Economist |
| It is chiefly through books that we enjoy _______ with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. | William Ellery Channing 1780-1842, American Unitarian Minister, Author |
| The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be _______. | Henry James 1843-1916, American Author |
| What is written without effort is in _______ read without pleasure. | Samuel Johnson 1709-1784, British Author |
| Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a _______ and passionate love for reading. | Rufus Choate 1799-1859, American Lawyer, Statesman |
| One of the secrets of _______ more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day. | Alan Lakein American Time Management Expert, Author, Trainer |
| Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for _______; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. | Francis Bacon 1561-1626, British Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman |
| It contributes _______ towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate. | Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804-1864, American Novelist, Short Story Writer |