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Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs, and they can save us when all else is lost.Louis LAmour
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The key to understanding any people is in its art: its writing, painting, sculpture.Louis LAmour
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Knowledge is like money: To be of value it must circulate, and in circulating it can increase in quantity and, hopefully, in value.Louis LAmour
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Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.Louis LAmour
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Education is everywhere, prompting one to think, to consider, to remember.Louis LAmour
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A journey is time suspended.Louis LAmour
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Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.Louis LAmour
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Browsing through the shelves in bookstores or libraries, I was completely happy.Louis LAmour
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Much of the study of history is a matter of comparison, of relating what was happening in one area to what was happening elsewhere, and what had happened in the past. To view a period in isolation is to miss whatever message it has to offer.Louis LAmour
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Personally, I do not believe the human mind has any limits but those we impose ourselves.Louis LAmour
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Our world is made up of a myriad of microcosms, of tiny worlds, each with its own habitues, every one known to the others.Louis LAmour
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Someone has said that culture is what remains with you after you have forgotten all you have read, and I believe there is much truth in that.Louis LAmour
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Indeed, I find that distance lends perspective and I often write better of a place when I am some distance from it. One can be so overwhelmed by the forest as to miss seeing the trees.Louis LAmour
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Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only a blur remained, and different memories would remember the past in different ways. A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever. Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only a blur remained, and different memories would remember the past in different ways. A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever. .Louis LAmour
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If one really wants to learn, one has to decide what is important. Spending an evening on the town? Attending a ball game? Or learning something that can be with you your life long?Louis LAmour