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how about some quotations instead?

“The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity, and this passion is the only thing that raises us above the beasts that perish.” - A.E. Newton, 1863 – 1940

“The ancients who wished to demonstrate illustrious virtue throughout the kingdom, first ordered well their own states. Wishing to order well their states, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons. Wishing to cultivate their persons, they first rectified their hearts. Wishing to rectify their hearts, they first sought to be sincere in their thoughts. Wishing to be sincere in their thoughts, they first extended to the utmost their knowledge. Such extension of knowledge lay in the investigation of things. . . . From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.” Confucius

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever comes to sit by it. Passers by see only a wisp of smoke rising from the chimney and continue on their way.
-- Vincent Van Gogh

"Nay, Sir, argument is argument. You cannot help paying regard to their arguments if they are good. If it were testimony, you might disregard it. . . . Testimony is like an arrow shot from a long bow; the force of it depends on the hand that draws it. Argument is like an arrow shot from a crossbow, which has equal force though shot by a child." ~Samuel Johnson

"The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them." G.B Shaw

"Mundo Nulla Fides"