THE USEFULNESS OF BOOKS

Clever sayings
while the sword pierces the heart

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Where will you put this?

Self-help?
Martial arts?
Philosophy?
Is it filed alphabetically?
throw it away


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If you are hungry

you must eat
To read about food is folly

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Don't Read these thoughts
just read them
letting the eyes flow

over the lines
and forget them

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To own a vast library
is to own expensive wallpaper

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Clever words
are no help on the field

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One of these little notes
will reveal the secret to you
And one of these notes
is a lie to be avoided
It's the same note

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Be happy

if you learn one new thing
from a book
This is more than is usual

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Modern students
buy books on gardening

It saves cleaning the fingernails

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