Books are the true levelers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our race.
Books Quotes
Erudition, n. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
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.
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 say: she did this because. Life says: she did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t. I’m not surpirsed some people prefer books. Books make sense of life. The only problem is that the lives they make sense of are other people’s lives, never your own.
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.
