Books are the mirrors of the soul. Between the Acts
The spirit in which a thing is given determines that in which the gift is acknowledged; it is the intention, not the face-value of the gift, that is weighed. Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
But every acquisition that is disproportionate to the labor spent on it is dishonest. Anna Karenina
Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched. Don Quixote
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