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Libraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.

Libraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.
– Augustine Birrell

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  1. The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence. – Augustine Birrell
  2. My father believes with his entire soul that the meek shall inherit the earth. My children will inherit the earth but they will not be meek. – Allan Dare Pearce
  3. Stay humble and inherit greatness, wise and inherit eternal life – Kgosietsile Martin Timothy
  4. Life do your worst; we are plump of knee and mild of eye, we are douce, glib and blithe; we inherit the semi, while others inherit the wind. – Hilary Mantel
  5. Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. – Anne Herbert
  6. Pain helps the body grow.Riddles help the mind grow.Loss helps the heart grow.Temptations help the soul grow. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  7. I want to grow. I want to be better. You Grow. We all grow. We’re made to grow.You either evolve or you disappear. – Tupac Shakur
  8. More peoples getting satisfaction in wealth but real wealth is knowledge, knowledge is organized in books and books are available in the libraries. – Abid Hussain Library Officer
  9. Things take the time they take.Don’t worry.How many roads did St. Augustine follow before he became St. Augustine? – Mary Oliver
  10. Society was the only threat to the sanctity of selfhood: an unpatroned library was an orderly library. – Reif Larsen
  11. Her hand rose to her lips and she stared up at the stars, feeling her heart grow, and grow, and grow. – Sarah J Maas
  12. We grow when the walls press in. We grow when life steals our control. We grow in darkness. – Mary E DeMuth
  13. We cannot inherit Christianity . . . God has no grandchildren. – Billy Graham
  14. Language is something you inherit, it’s never just you doing the talking, which helps when you’re pretending. – Cees Nooteboom
  15. Fear is a disease of mind we inherit from society. – Debasish Mridha
  16. Creativity is a talent we inherit from God. – Kim Chestney
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  18. In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists. – Eric Hoffer
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  20. Any titles, money, or privilege you inherit are actually hindrances. They delude you into believing you are owed respect. – Robert Greene
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  23. We all inherit damage from the past. We spread it like a virus and don’t generally think about it. – Thomas Norman DeWolf
  24. Jessie had never heard you could inherit madness. She thought madness was something that just happened to people in Shakespeare when the wind got up. – Lynne Truss
  25. I thought you came down right on the side of go directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollars. – Cassandra Clare
  26. Some songs are never just ordinary songs, they become the memories you collect in your life. – Seekerohan
  27. The human currency of praise is Monopoly money. It feels great for a moment to collect, but when the game is over, it’s worthless. – Yasmin Mogahed
  28. Some people reflect lightSome deflect itYou by some miracleSeem to collect it – Mark Z Danielewski
  29. I collect words–they are sweets in the mouth of sound. – Sally Gardner
  30. Those who cannot easily forgive will not collect many friends. Look for the best in others and yourself. – Ethan Hawke
  31. It’s a nebulous thing, but it is my belief-”my experience also-”that women do not have the need to collect that men have. – Deborah Meyler
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  33. One does not travel, any more than one falls in love, to collect material. It is simply part of one’s life… – Evelyn Waugh
  34. If you had a piece of coal, we could hold her down, shove it up her ???, and come collect a big, fat diamond in a few days. – M Leighton
  35. You should no more allow sinful imaginations to accumulate in your mind and soul than you would let garbage collect in your living room. – Billy Graham
  36. Do it for yourself. The universe will be around to collect its cut later. – Lois McMaster Bujold
  37. May I collect you, Rini?-”- he said, softly pulling our lips apart. -œAs mine? – RJ Gonzales
  38. Nothing in this life will ever make sense to me but I can’t help but try to collect the change and hope it’s enough to pay for our mistakes. – Tahereh Mafi
  39. For when ideas flutter in haze, we collaborate without notice and collect them as ????erflies only to set them free into the world. – Shawn Lukas
  40. I been running up a bill with the devil ever since, and now he’s come to collect on the debt. – Steven B Weissman

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