“We are as liable to be corrupted by books as we are by companions.”

— Henry Fielding

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English novelist and dramatist 1707–1754

Charles Caleb Colton (1777–1832) British priest and writer

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Lacon (1820)

“A blessed companion is a book,—a book that fitly chosen is a life-long friend.”

Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857) English dramatist and writer

Books, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Books are the carriers of civilization… They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”

Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989) American historian and author

Variant: Books are... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print.

“If we [lawyers] are corruption-free, the whole country will be corruption-free.”

Folake Solanke (1932) Nigerian lawyer

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/03/kidnap-of-schoolgirls-stop-paying-ransom-to-criminals-solanke-tells-fg/ Folake Solanke in 2021 cautioning lawyers against corruption.

“At the same time, through the passage of the Freedom of Information Bill and a crackdown on anomalies, we will fight corruption by ensuring that the government will be run on a simple principle—that discretion equals corruption. Minimize discretion and we will be able to minimize corruption; eliminate it and we will be able to eliminate corruption.”

Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician

2015, Speech: Declaration as Vice Presidential Candidate

“A charger's saddle is an exalted throne, the best companions are books alone.”

Al-Mutanabbi (915–965) Arabic poet from the Abbasid era

A Young Soul

“The little book of Antoninus has been the companion of some great men.”

George Long (1800–1879) English classical scholar

M. Aurelius Antoninus
Context: Epictetus and Antoninus have had readers ever since they were first printed. The little book of Antoninus has been the companion of some great men.