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.
He never knew when he was whipped ... So he never was. - Louis L'Amour
He never knew when he was whipped ... So he never was.
- Louis L'Amour
Do not let yourself be bothered by the inconsequential. One has only so much time in this world, so devote it to the work and the people most importa… - Louis L'Amour
Do not let yourself be bothered by the inconsequential. One has only so much time in this world, so devote it to the work and the people most importa…
The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for. - Louis L'Amour
The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.
There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices. - Louis L'Amour
There are good men everywhere. I only wish they had louder voices.
Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more. - Louis L'Amour
Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.
Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you educ… - Louis L'Amour
Actually, all education is self-education. A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you educ…
A mistake constantly made by those who should know better is to judge people of the past by our standards rather than their own. The only way men or … - Louis L'Amour
A mistake constantly made by those who should know better is to judge people of the past by our standards rather than their own. The only way men or …
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. - Louis L'Amour
There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
We do not at present educate people to think but, rather, to have opinions, and that is something altogether different. - Louis L'Amour
We do not at present educate people to think but, rather, to have opinions, and that is something altogether different.
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