Books and friends should be few but good friends and teachers friends and teachers develop our intellect develop our intellect arouse different emotions in us arouse different emotions in us shape our characters shape our characters form our moral values form our moral values

There is nothing more wonderful than books Books teach people to live Books teach people to live love and suffer love and suffer cry or laugh cry or laugh struggle and reach struggle and reach

What could books do? give us give us food for our mind food for our mind warmth for our soul warmth for our soul can make us can make us strong strong intelligent intelligent well educated well educated

Books make the world larger for us we can talk to people who lived in different centuries we can talk to people who lived in different centuries we hear their voices, thoughts and feeling we hear their voices, thoughts and feeling they give us an insight they give us an insight into the past into the past into the future into the future

Different people and different books It depends on one's taste and character It depends on one's taste and character dramas and romances dramas and romances science-fiction and fantasy stories science-fiction and fantasy stories detective and spy stories detective and spy stories tales and fairy-tales tales and fairy-tales about animals and nature about animals and nature adventure and travels adventure and travels humorous stories humorous stories historical dramas historical dramas biographies and autobiographies biographies and autobiographies

Two classes of people preferring to watch TV, video, computer, audio- visual instruments preferring to watch TV, video, computer, audio- visual instruments reading books, not sitting near a TV-set and watching at the "box" reading books, not sitting near a TV-set and watching at the "box"

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