Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.

Voltaire
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read!...
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read!...
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read!...
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read!...
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Man’s inhumanity to man makes me sad. People are vicious, cruel, and unloving. They are always thinking of themselves instead of others. They are only concerned with things that give them pleasure or money.

Yet, they call themselves “human beings.” It is up to us to make the world a better place in which to live. When people read they learn the human side of others, they learn how people really feel, and they learn how to be more compassionate towards one another. You can make the world a better place when you read, when you write books, when you are active in your community… It is not possible to change the world by doing stupid things like raising cattle for slaughter, growing crops with clearcutting forests, or polluting your land with poisons.

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