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"Tell me the number of libraries in a country, I will tell you how rich the country is."
"What is more important in a library than anything else – than everything else – is the fact that it exists."

A library is a collection of books, and possibly other materials and media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical or digital materials, and may be a physical location, a virtual space, or both. A library's collection normally includes printed materials which can be borrowed, and usually also includes a reference section of publicat
"Tell me the number of libraries in a country, I will tell you how rich the country is."
"A great library contains the diary of the human race."
"I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt, If one be better with them or without,— Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed, Knows the high art of what and how to read."
"Come, and take choice of all my library, And so beguile thy sorrow."
"There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends; always ready to meet your mood, always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that."
"You receive this writing that you may know how to preserve the books which I shall deliver to you; and you shall set these in order and anoint them with oil of cedar and put them away in earthen vessels."