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Give the child good books, then let it alone! Don't plough and harrow its brain, or stretch it on Procrustes-beds of standardization,… — Laura E. Richards Copy Share Image
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The home is the child's first school, the parent is the child's first teacher, and reading is the child's first subject. — Barbara Bush Copy Share Image
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Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. I am the fellow… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
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Writing this book required an enormous amount of help from friends. To them goes the credit. I'll take the money. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
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I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, . . . that I think… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
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