"the greatest library in the world"

 "If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready."

"What's in writing stays."

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"Learning brings you closer to God."
- Moorish proverb

"The oldest continually operating library in the world."
- Regarding Merton College Oxford, which was founded in 1373

printing press

In 1700, the earth's total volume of printed material equalled 60 stacks of books each as high as Mt. Everest; currently the total volume of printed material equals 90 stacks of books extending to the distance of the sun.