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Librarians are almost always very helpful and oft

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Librarians are almost always very helpful and often almost absurdly knowledgeable. Their skills are probably very underestimated and largely underemployed.

Libraries are the wardrobes of literature, whence

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Libraries are the wardrobes of literature, whence men, properly informed may bring forth something for ornament, much for curiosity, and more for use.

As a child, my number one best friend was the lib

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As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.

There are 70 million books in American libraries,

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There are 70 million books in American libraries, but the one I want to read is always out.

If you have a garden and a library, you have ever

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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

We may sit in our library and yet be in all quart

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We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.

No possession can surpass, or even equal a good l

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No possession can surpass, or even equal a good library, to the lover of books. Here are treasured up for his daily use and delectation, riches which increase by being consumed, and pleasures that never cloy.

Nutrimentum spiritus (food for the soul).

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Nutrimentum spiritus (food for the soul).

The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole

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The student has his Rome, his Florence, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and the glories of a modern one.

Shera's Two Laws of Cataloging: Law #1, No

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Shera's Two Laws of Cataloging: Law #1, No cataloger will accept the work of any other cataloger. Law #2: No cataloger will accept his/her own work six months after the cataloging.

A man's library is a sort of harem.

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A man's library is a sort of harem.

What is more important in a library than anything

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What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else - is the fact that it exists.

A great library contains the diary of the human r

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A great library contains the diary of the human race.

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally d

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Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the

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There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf.

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Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf. Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure. But th' shelf is th' main thing.

I love the place; the magnificent books; I requir

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I love the place; the magnificent books; I require books as I require air.

A university is just a group of buildings gathere

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A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.

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