There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. Oscar Wilde
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.
The ancient books are everything I want; their wisdom is the balm that soothes my pain. Moses Ibn Ezra
The ancient books are everything I want; their wisdom is the balm that soothes my pain.
Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom. William Shakespeare
Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom.
Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year. Horace Mann
Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind. Michel de Montaigne
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him. Desiderius Erasmus
By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Sir Francis Bacon
Read not to contradict and confute, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. G. K. Chesterton
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
Books, the children of the brain. Jonathan Swift
Books, the children of the brain.
There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love. Christopher Morley
There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library. Jane Austen
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
I read part of it all the way through. Samuel Goldwyn
I read part of it all the way through.
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein
Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.
Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow? Albert Einstein
Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?
A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man. Carl Sandburg
A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom. Rumer Godden
If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom.
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter. Paxton Hood
Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep; for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as by the latter.
Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them. Evan Esar
Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.
Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind. Jeanette Winterson
Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.
Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can. William Feather
Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.
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