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Books Quotes by Richard de Bury
- All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.
- Books appear to be the most immediate instruments of speculative delight.
- You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles of the most wicked are…
- In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth;…
- Books alone are liberal and free; they give to all who ask; they emancipate all who serve them faithfully.
- Books delight us when prosperity smiles upon us; they comfort us inseparably when stormy fortune frowns on us.
- Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them, they are not…
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