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.
Books Quotes
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.
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, one sometimes forgets which.
He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter.
Of making many books there is no end – So Sancho Panza said, and so say I. Thou wert my guide, philosopher and friend When only one is shining in the sky. Books cannot always please, however good; The good is oft interred with their bones. To be great is to be misunderstood, The anointed […]
Without books, God is silent, justice dormant, natural science at a stand, philosophy lame, letters dumb, and all things involved in darkness.
Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by penal laws.
I say that a college ought to be proud, within reason, to have its books stolen. Why do people steal money? Because they value it. Apply this to books and you may get a measure of effective education. Naturally, purloining should not be encouraged or even condoned; but it should be accepted as a running […]
