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title: "3 Books Thou Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Books Thou quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Books Thou sayings and thoughts."
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> [If thou need money, get it in an honest way by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lancaster-spalding/if-thou-need-money-get-it-in-an-honest-way-by-keeping-books-if-thou/)

[John Lancaster Spalding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lancaster-spalding/)

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> [But so many books thou readest, But so many schemes thou breedest, But so many wishes feedest, That thy poor head almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-arnold/but-so-many-books-thou-readest-but-so-many-schemes-thou-breedest-but/)

[Matthew Arnold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-arnold/)

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> [It is not how many books thou hast, but how good; careful reading profiteth, while that which is full of variety delighteth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seneca-the-younger/it-is-not-how-many-books-thou-hast-but-how-good-careful-reading/)

[Seneca the Younger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seneca-the-younger/)

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