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> [“In books I meet the dead as if they were alive in books I see what is yet to come... All things decay and pass in time... All fame would fall into oblivion if God had not given mortal men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/in-books-i-meet-the-dead-as-if-they-were-alive-in-books-i-see-what-is/)

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## More by Richard de Bury

> [Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them, they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/books-are-masters-who-instruct-us-without-rods-or-ferules-without/)

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> [Books appear to be the most immediate instruments of speculative delight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/books-appear-to-be-the-most-immediate-instruments-of-speculative/)

[Richard de Bury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-de-bury/)

> [All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/all-the-glory-of-the-world-would-be-buried-in-oblivion-unless-god-had/)

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> [“In books I meet the dead as if they were alive in books I see what is yet to come... All things decay and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/in-books-i-meet-the-dead-as-if-they-were-alive-in-books-i-see-what-is/)

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> [You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles of the most wicked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/you-o-books-are-the-golden-vessels-of-the-temple-the-arms-of-the/)

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> [ “\[A\]ll who are smitten with the love of books think cheaply of the world and wealth; as Jerome says to Vigilantius: The same man… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/a-ll-who-are-smitten-with-the-love-of-books-think-cheaply-of-the/)

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> [Let us consider how great a commodity of doctrine exists in books; how easily, how secretly, how safely they expose the nakedness of human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/let-us-consider-how-great-a-commodity-of-doctrine-exists-in-books-how/)

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> [The library...of wisdom is more precious than all riches, and nothing that can be wished for is worthy to be compared with it. Whosoever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/the-library-of-wisdom-is-more-precious-than-all-riches-and-nothing/)

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> [Books alone are liberal and free; they give to all who ask; they emancipate all who serve them faithfully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/books-alone-are-liberal-and-free-they-give-to-all-who-ask-they/)

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> [Books delight us when prosperity smiles upon us; they comfort us inseparably when stormy fortune frowns on us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/books-delight-us-when-prosperity-smiles-upon-us-they-comfort-us/)

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> [A library of wisdom, then, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/a-library-of-wisdom-then-is-more-precious-than-all-wealth-and-all/)

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> [“Again, all who are smitten with the love of books think cheaply of the world and wealth; as Jerome says to Vigilantius: The same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-de-bury/again-all-who-are-smitten-with-the-love-of-books-think-cheaply-of-the/)

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