I believe that when an elder dies, a library is burned: vast sums of wisdom and knowledge are lost. Throughout the world libraries are ablaze with scant attention.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.
The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its time.
Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.
The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.
One of the greatest gifts my brother and I received from my mother was her love of literature and language. With their boundless energy, libraries open the door to these worlds and so many others. I urge young and old alike to embrace all that libraries have to offer.
A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
Our libraries are valuable centers of education, learning and enrichment for people of all ages. In recent years, libraries have taken on an increasingly important role. today's libraries are about much more than books.
Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.
The library is seen as a force for self improvement and the pursuit of knowledge. I fear that in many cases this is no longer true, if it ever was.
Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.