Books, My Best Friend

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Books and friends should be few but good (a proverb.) The quote, "Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen." by Samuel Johnson has long been a favorite one of mine. I remember I saw this quote for the first time on a book mark. Through the years, it has proved over and over to be one of life's truths for me. Books are our never failing friends. They are our best friends, philosophers and guides. Friends are plenty when the purse is full but fair-weather friends fall off in adversity. Books, like a true friend stand by us through thick and thin. They uphold and encourage us when we feel sad and despondent. They lift the poor out of poverty and the wretched out of misery. They make the burden bearer forget his burden, the sick his sufferings and the downtrodden his degradation. They bring light into darkness and sunshine into shadow. All the same we should be very judicious in the selection of books as in the choice of friends. The friendship of good books is the medicine of life but there are books more dangerous than snakes and more poisonous than scorpions. The really good books sharpen our intellect, broaden our mind, enrich our experience, widen our knowledge, uplift our morals, making us better, nobler and happier in life. And when we communicate with our close friends, we should feel a fresh flow of energy to start something new in our life. Our main purpose should be to achieve a harmonious unity with real friends. “Show me the books he loves and I shall know the man far better than through mortal friends” (Dawn Adams). It’s really easy to understand the very core of the person according to his preferences in books. I can’t perceive people who don’t have any books at home. I think there will be nothing to speak about to them. A mind which is not lit with knowledge is a dark cell and a home which does not have books is an unhealthy place to live

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