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A doctor is advertised by the bodies he cures. My business is advertised by the minds I stimulate. And let me tell you that the book business is different from other trades. People don't know they want books. I can see just by looking at you that your mind is ill for lack of books but you are blissfully unaware of it!
— Christopher Morley The Haunted Bookshop
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The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.
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In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.
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Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.
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The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.
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There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.
— Christopher Morley
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