Quotes with book-friends

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  • Joseph Addison Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Molière The more we love our friends, the less we flatter them; it is by excusing nothing that pure love shows itself.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • B. R. Ambedkar The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
    B. R. Ambedkar
    Indian jurist, economist and politician (1891 - 1956)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Theologians always try to turn the Bible into a book without common sense.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Bill Bryson To me, the greatest invention of my lifetime is the laptop computer and the fact that I can be working on a book and be in an airport lounge, in a hotel room, and continue working; I fire up my laptop, and I'm in exactly the same place I was when I left home - that, to me, is a miracle.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Booker T. Washington To those of my race who... underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations with the Southern white man, who is their next-door neighbor, I would say, 'Cast down your bucket where you are'—cast it down in making friends in every manly way of the people of all races by whom we are surrounded.
    Source: Address at Atlanta International Exposition, Atlanta, Ga., 18 September 1895
    Booker T. Washington
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
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  • Evelyn Waugh We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for our ability to amuse them.
    Evelyn Waugh
    British novelist (1903 - 1966)
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  • Aristotle Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • William Shakespeare Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Barbara Windsor 'EastEnders' has been wonderful to me and it's no secret that it changed my life all of those years ago. I'll be so sad to leave Peggy behind; she's such a wonderful character to play. I have had the pleasure of working with a marvelous cast and crew and have made many lasting good friends.
    Barbara Windsor
    English actress (1937 - )
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  • Lord George Byron 't Is pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print; I a book's a book, although there's nothing in't.
    Source: English Bards and Scotch Reviewers
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Candace Camp 'The Marrying Season' is the final book in the 'Legend of St. Dwynwen' series, and in each of the three books, a small village church in the Cotswolds plays a significant role.
    Candace Camp
    American writer (1949 - )
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  • George Gordon Byron 'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. A book's a book, although there's nothing in 't.
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  • Lord George Byron 'Tis pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print; A book's a book, although there's nothing in it.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Aldous Huxley A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Benjamin Franklin A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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