If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for; I should answer; A beautiful House; and if I were further asked to name the production next in importance and the thing next to be longed for; I should answer; A […]
Books Quotes
Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.
Book! you lie there; the fact is, you books must know your places. You’ll do to give us the bare words and facts, but we come in to supply the thoughts.
Alas, Madam! How few books are there of which one can ever possibly arrive at the “last” page
I am a part of everything that I have read.
It’s more fun writing bad books than reading good ones.
The book which is read most, is read by few, compared with those that read it not; and of those few, the greater part peruse it with dispositions that very little favour their own improvement.
Books are a uniquely portable magic.
I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
That book is good in vain which the reader throws away.
