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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. Yet we congratulate ourselves on our literacy as though the alphabet were a virtue rather than a tool.

— Mark Twain, Notebook (1885)
3w ago

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

2mo ago
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The Monday Media Diet with Mufaro Mutowembwa

The unexpected gift of it: when you come back to a book a year (or two, or three) later, the old marks show you who you were the last time you read it. It's like a record of how your thinking has moved.

2mo ago

The mind, once expanded by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.

3mo ago

The best thing a human can do is to help another human being know more. It's even better than making money.

4mo ago

The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.

4mo ago

Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.

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