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“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader more than any exercise which the customs of the day esteem. It requires a training such as the athletes underwent, the steady intention almost of the whole life to this object.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Happiness aint a thing in itselfits only a contrast with something that aint pleasant.... And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it aint happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
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