Francis Bacon: Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion o

Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of — Francis Bacon

Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed.

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Let great authors have their due, as time, which is the author of authors, be no — Francis Bacon
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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. — Plutarch
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Against death’s arrows what are bucklers worth? What all the pomps and riches of — Omar Khayyám