“Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.”
Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) English historian and Member of Parliament
“Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realizing on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation.”
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