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> [Books have that strange quality, that being of the frailest and tenderest matter, they outlast brass, iron and marble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/books-have-that-strange-quality-that-being-of-the-frailest-and/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

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## More by William Drummond

> [So that my life be brave, what though not long?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/so-that-my-life-be-brave-what-though-not-long/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [He who will not reason, is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/he-who-will-not-reason-is-a-bigot-he-who-cannot-is-a-fool-and-he-who/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/there-is-a-silence-the-child-of-love-which-expresses-everything-and/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/study-what-thou-art-whereof-thou-art-a-part-what-thou-knowest-of-this/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [What sweet delight a quiet life affords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/what-sweet-delight-a-quiet-life-affords/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own; Though solitary, who is not alone, But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/thrice-happy-he-who-by-some-shady-grove-far-from-the-clamorous-world/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/he-that-will-not-reason-is-a-bigot-he-that-cannot-reason-is-a-fool-he/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/put-a-bridle-on-thy-tongue-set-a-guard-before-thy-lips-lest-the-words/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/iron-sharpens-iron-scholar-the-scholar/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [Sleep, Silence's child, sweet father of soft rest, Prince whose approach peace to all mortals brings Indifferent host to shepherds and kings Sole comforter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/sleep-silence-s-child-sweet-father-of-soft-rest-prince-whose-approach/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [As we had no part of our will on our entrance into this life, we should not presume to any on our leaving it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/as-we-had-no-part-of-our-will-on-our-entrance-into-this-life-we/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [He who dares not reason, is a slave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/he-who-dares-not-reason-is-a-slave/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [My thoughts hold mortal strife, I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries, Peace to my soul to bring, Oft calls that prince…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/my-thoughts-hold-mortal-strife-i-do-detest-my-life-and-with-lamenting/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/i-study-myself-more-than-any-other-subject-it-is-my-metaphysic-and-my/)

[William Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-drummond/)

> [Books have that strange quality, that being of the frailest and tenderest matter, they outlast brass, iron and marble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-drummond/books-have-that-strange-quality-that-being-of-the-frailest-and/)

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