All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.
Books Quotes
Mrs. Dryden: “Lord, Mr. Dryden, how can you always be poring over these musty books. I wish I were a book, and then I should have more of your company.” Dryden: “Pray, my dear; if you become a book let it be an almanack,for then I shall change you every year.”
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep; if you seek them, they do not hide; if you blunder, they do not scold; if you are ignorant, they do not laugh at you.
Never judge a book by its movie.
Santiago swept the floor with his jacket and lay down, using the book he had just finished reading as a pillow. He told himself that he would have to start reading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortable pillows.
Books, we are told, propose to instruct or to amuse. Indeed! The true antithesis to knowledge, in this case, is not pleasure, but power. All that is literature seeks to communicate power; all that is not literature, to communicate knowledge.
A book is a fragile creature. It suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands… So the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
Why are not more gems from our great authors scattered over the country? Great books are not in everybody’s reach; and though it is better to know them thoroughly than to know them only here and there, yet it is a good work to give a little to those who have not the time nor […]
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
