Books
- The Book of Thoth is a legendary book containing powerful spells and knowledge, said to have been buried with the Prince Neferkaptah in Necropolis. (Egyptian mythology)
- The Tablets of Destiny are mentioned in Mesopotamian mythology as a set of clay tablets which hold the power of creation and destruction.
- The Jade Books in Heaven are described in several Daoist cosmographies.
- The Sibylline Books are described to have helped Rome in many situations.
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—Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)
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“Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.”
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