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• Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to… — Francis Bacon
• Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of… — Joseph Addison
• It can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass. — John Berger
• Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't… — Alain de Botton
• Musicians are at the bottom of the creative pyramid and authors are at the top, and many people think it's… — Nick Cave
• There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
• We must be authors of the history of our age. — Madeleine Albright
• among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the… — Thomas Jefferson
• Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading… — Joseph Addison
• Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends… — Richard Bach
• The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom… — Albert Camus
• Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author… — Stephen Vizinczey

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