Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. Henry David Thoreau
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.Books – ReadingQuotations by Henry David Thoreau
Month: November 2008
Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. Sir William Temple
Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new.Books – ReadingQuotations by Sir William Temple
Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark? Fred Stoller
Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?Books – ReadingQuotations by Fred Stoller
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life. Robert Louis Stevenson
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.Books – ReadingQuotations by Robert Louis Stevenson
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road. Henri B. Stendhal
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.Books – ReadingQuotations by Henri B. Stendhal
The age of the book is almost gone. George Steiner
The age of the book is almost gone.Books – ReadingQuotations by George Steiner
Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers. Steven Spielberg
Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers.Books – ReadingQuotations by Steven Spielberg
A multitude of books distracts the mind. Socrates
A multitude of books distracts the mind.Books – ReadingQuotations by Socrates
Live always in the best company when you read. Sydney Smith
Live always in the best company when you read.Books – ReadingQuotations by Sydney Smith
No furniture is so charming as books. Sydney Smith
No furniture is so charming as books.Books – ReadingQuotations by Sydney Smith
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading. Logan Pearsall Smith
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.Books – ReadingQuotations by Logan Pearsall Smith
How can you dare teach a man to read until you’ve taught him everything else first? George Bernard Shaw
How can you dare teach a man to read until you’ve taught him everything else first?Books – ReadingQuotations by George Bernard Shaw
O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast. William Shakespeare
O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.Books – ReadingQuotations by William Shakespeare
I’ve never know any trouble than an hour’s reading didn’t assuage. Charles de Secondat
I’ve never know any trouble than an hour’s reading didn’t assuage.Books – ReadingQuotations by Charles de Secondat
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can’t expect an angel to look out. Arthur Schopenhauer
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can’t expect an angel to look out.Books – ReadingQuotations by Arthur Schopenhauer
Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else’s head instead of with one’s own. Arthur Schopenhauer
Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else’s head instead of with one’s own.Books – ReadingQuotations by Arthur Schopenhauer
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them. Arthur Schopenhauer
To buy books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.Books – ReadingQuotations by Arthur Schopenhauer
A library is thought in cold storage. Herbert Samuel
A library is thought in cold storage.Books – ReadingQuotations by Herbert Samuel
Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time. John Ruskin
Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.Books – ReadingQuotations by John Ruskin
Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours. John Ruskin
Be sure that you go to the author to get at his meaning, not to find yours.Books – ReadingQuotations by John Ruskin
You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement. John Ruskin
You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.Books – ReadingQuotations by John Ruskin
A book worth reading is worth buying. John Ruskin
A book worth reading is worth buying.Books – ReadingQuotations by John Ruskin
Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable. Jean Rostand
Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.Books – ReadingQuotations by Jean Rostand
Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it. Jim Rohn
Don’t just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.Books – ReadingQuotations by Jim Rohn
Miss a meal if you have to, but don’t miss a book. Jim Rohn
Miss a meal if you have to, but don’t miss a book.Books – ReadingQuotations by Jim Rohn
The book you don’t read won’t help. Jim Rohn
The book you don’t read won’t help.Books – ReadingQuotations by Jim Rohn
This book fills a much-needed gap. Hadas In A Review.
This book fills a much-needed gap.Books – ReadingQuotations by Hadas In A Review.
There is no robber worse than a bad book. Italian Proverb
There is no robber worse than a bad book.Books – ReadingQuotations by Italian Proverb
The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell. American Proverb
The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.Books – ReadingQuotations by American Proverb
A wicked book cannot repent. Proverb
A wicked book cannot repent.Books – ReadingQuotations by Proverb
With one day’s reading a man may have the key in his hands. Ezra Pound
With one day’s reading a man may have the key in his hands.Books – ReadingQuotations by Ezra Pound
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. Ezra Pound
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.Books – ReadingQuotations by Ezra Pound
No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure. Noah Porter
No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.Books – ReadingQuotations by Noah Porter
What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind. Wendell Phillips
What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.Books – ReadingQuotations by Wendell Phillips
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget. William Lyon Phelps
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.Books – ReadingQuotations by William Lyon Phelps
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. Blaise Pascal
The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first.Books – ReadingQuotations by Blaise Pascal
This book is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force. Dorothy Parker
This book is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force.Books – ReadingQuotations by Dorothy Parker
Read good, big important things. Peggy Noonan
Read good, big important things.Books – ReadingQuotations by Peggy Noonan
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations. William Murray
A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.Books – ReadingQuotations by William Murray
You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice. John Morely
You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.Books – ReadingQuotations by John Morely