First Letter B
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Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.... [more ->]
Books may well be the only true magic.... [more ->]
Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books are a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.... [more ->]
Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.... [more ->]
Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.... [more ->]
Bore: one who has the power of speech but not the capacity for conversation.... [more ->]
Boredom is a sign of satisfied ignorance, blunted apprehension, crass sympathies, dull understanding, feeble powers of attention, and irreclaimable weakness of character.... [more ->]
Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.... [more ->]
Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.... [more ->]
Boxing is just show business with blood.... [more ->]
Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with, for when it comes in middle life it is apt to be serious.... [more ->]
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.... [more ->]
Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.... [more ->]
Brains, like hearts, go where they are appreciated.... [more ->]
Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.... [more ->]
Bravery never goes out of fashion.... [more ->]
Break the leg of a bad habit.... [more ->]
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.... [more ->]
Brevity is the soul of lingerie.... [more ->]
Brevity is the soul of wit.... [more ->]
Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children makes a home.... [more ->]
Bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.... [more ->]
Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.... [more ->]
Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.... [more ->]
Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.... [more ->]