Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by penal laws |
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Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. |
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed |
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Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to |
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Dictionaries are always fun, but not always reassuring. |
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Don't judge a book by its cover |
Gunter Grass (1927-) |
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