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1 " A blessed companion is a book--a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend...a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into your own. "
― Douglas William Jerrold
2 " Nothing can be truer than fairy wisdom. It is as true as sunbeams. "
3 " Quality, not quantity, is my measure. "
4 " Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens. "
5 " Readers are of two sorts: one who goes carefully through a book, and the other who as carefully lets the book go through him. "
6 " a conservative is a man who will not look at the new moon, out of respect for that 'ancient institution,' the old one "
7 " Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it. "
