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“In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.”
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“Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.”
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“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”
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“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.”
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“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
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Ancient World
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For those who love books about the pre-Christian era. Anywhere. Group is new and welcomes all comers, and ideas.
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