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title: "2 Composure Quotes By Gabriel Zaid"
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> [The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/the-truly-cultured-are-capable-of-owning-thousands-of-unread-books/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/gabriel-zaid-42507_book_the-truly-cultured-are-capable-of-owning_161603.png)

> [Those who aspire to the status of cultured individuals visit bookstores with trepidation, overwhelmed by the immensity of all they have not read. They buy something that theyve been told is good, make an unsuccessful attempt to read it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/those-who-aspire-to-the-status-of-cultured-individuals-visit/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

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## More by Gabriel Zaid

> [The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/the-truly-cultured-are-capable-of-owning-thousands-of-unread-books/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

> [What does it matter how cultivated and up-to-date we are, or how many thousands of books we’ve read? What matters is how we feel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/what-does-it-matter-how-cultivated-and-up-to-date-we-are-or-how-many/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

> [As publishing has become less expensive, the urge to write my own self has become the opportunity to publish my own self. Everyone now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/as-publishing-has-become-less-expensive-the-urge-to-write-my-own-self/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

> [Confronted with the choice between having time and having things, we’ve chosen to have things. Today it is a luxury to read what Socrates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/confronted-with-the-choice-between-having-time-and-having-things-we/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

> [Those who aspire to the status of cultured individuals visit bookstores with trepidation, overwhelmed by the immensity of all they have not read. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/those-who-aspire-to-the-status-of-cultured-individuals-visit/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

> [The probability of finding a particular book increases in relation to the clarity of the store's focus, the diligence and shrewdness of the bookseller,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/the-probability-of-finding-a-particular-book-increases-in-relation-to/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

> [Wealth is above all an accumulation of possibilities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-zaid/wealth-is-above-all-an-accumulation-of-possibilities/)

[Gabriel Zaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-zaid/)

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