To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.
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.
The man who reads only for improvement is beyond the hope of much improvement before he begins.
Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.
Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.
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.
We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
Beware of the person of one book.
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.
Once upon a time' lasts forever.
If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.
A book is a device to ignite the imagination.
Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
Tis the good reader that makes the good book.
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to allow in more light.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul.
Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
A great book should leave you with many experiences.
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
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