Books And Reading Quotes

• Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death has no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever.

  William Styron

  Book, Reading, Forever

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• To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Book, Reading, Mean

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• The man who reads only for improvement is beyond the hope of much improvement before he begins.

  Jonathan Daniels

  Book, Reading, Men

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• We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

  Joseph Joubert

  Book, Reading, Mind

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• Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Book, Reading, Mind

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• Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot more slack if you spend less money, which makes no sense.

  Ethan Coen

  Book, Reading, Cutting

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• Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

  Walter Benjamin

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Walter Benjamin (1996). “Selected Writings: 1927-1934”, p.488, Harvard University Press

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• Once upon a time' lasts forever.

  Philip Pullman

  Forever, Once Upon A Time, Lasts

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Powerful, Children, Book

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• The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Love, Inspirational, Sweet

  "Morituri Salutamus" st. 21 (1875)

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• Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

  Frederick Douglass

  Reading, Book, Forever

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• Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Friendship, Education

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The book you don't read won't help.

  Jim Rohn

  Spiritual, Book, Greatness

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Mar 30, 2017

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• A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.

  Edward P. Morgan

  Inspirational, Book, Reading

  Edward P. Morgan (1963). “Clearing the air”, Washington, D.C.

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• Love of books is the best of all.

  Jackie Kennedy

  Reading, Book, Literacy

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• The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Education

  Mark Twain (2015). “The Prince and the Pauper (StoneHenge Classics)”, p.154, StoneHenge Classics

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• A book is a device to ignite the imagination.

  Alan Bennett

  Book, Reading, Imagination

  Alan Bennett (2008). “The Uncommon Reader”, p.15, Faber & Faber

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• There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

  Joseph Brodsky

  Education, Reading, Book

  "The Balancing Act: Mastering the Competing Demands of Leadership". Book by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler and Ron McMillan, 1996.

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• Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Education, Book, Reading

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.150, Harvard University Press

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• Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

  Joseph Addison

  Inspirational, Education, Book

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1837). “The Tatler: With Notes and a General Index ; Complete in One Volume”, p.270

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• That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

  Amos Bronson Alcott

  Funny, Book, Reading

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• Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Happiness, Education

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Aug 30, 2015

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• A great book should leave you with many experiences.

  William Styron

  Book, Should, Inspirational Reading

  William Styron, James L. W. West (1985). “Conversations with William Styron”, p.12, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.

  Charles William Eliot

  Book, Reading, Library

  Charles William Eliot (1926). “Charles W. Eliot: the man and his beliefs”

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• You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

  Confucius

  Reading, Ignorance, Self

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