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"There is no past so long as books shall live." Unknown.

"Art hath an enemy called ignorance."

"Timor domini principium sapientia."
("The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.")
--Proverbs 1:7

Interior archway, main stair hall, Fisher Fine Arts Library. Inscription: "Inter folia fructus."
("Among the pages, there is fruit.")
--unknown (Julianna Pakstis, translation)

Aphorism: "O blessed letters! That combine in one all ages past and make one live with all / By you we do confer with who are gone, and the dead--living unto counsel call." Samuel Daniel

"Haec studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis solatium et perfungiam praebent, delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur." Cicero, Arch. 7

"These studies sustain…

Image of the front of Fisher Fine Arts Library, with entrance portico and stair tower visible