Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views, which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books. Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm. Hence, the book-learned class, who value […]
Books Quotes
We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very much like the simpleton of a Pliny the Younger, who went on studying a Greek author while before his eyes Vesuvius was overwhelming five cities beneath the ashes.
I regard this novel as a work without redeeming social value, unless it can be recycled as a cardboard box.
Let books be your dining table, And you shall be full of delights. Let them be your mattress, And you shall sleep restful nights
If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.
A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.
When I get a little money, I buy books; And if any is left, I buy food and clothes.
When I was young and had time to read, I had no books. Now that I am old and have the books, I have no time to read.
Perhaps it is only in childhood that books have any deep influence on our lives. In later life we admire, we are entertained, we may modify some views we already hold, but we are more likely to find in books merely a confirmation of what is in our minds already: as in a love affair […]
Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.
