Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East. ~Bernie Sanders
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb. ~Irwin Redlener
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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