Some books are lies frae end to end, And some great lies were never penn’d: Ev’n ministers, they hae been kend, In holy rapture, A rousing whid at times to vend, And nail’t wi’ Scripture.
Books Quotes
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.
Scrap-book, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read about themselves or employ others to collect.
I struggled for forty-seven years, I distinguished myself in every way I possibly could. I never had a compliment nor a ‘Thank you’, nor a single farthing. I translated a doubtful book in my old age, and I immediately made sixteen thousand guineas. Now that I know the tastes of England, we need never be […]
God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Libraries are not made, they grow.
Like a roving spaniel, that barks at every bird he sees, leaving his game, I have followed all, saving that which I should, and may justly complain, and truly, “qui ubique est, nusquam est”, which Gesner did in modesty, that I have read many books, but to little purpose, for want of good method; I […]
The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.
One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.
