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I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
A library is an arsenal of liberty.
A library is an arsenal of liberty.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.
The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history.
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."
The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or
library, is to look at his books. One read more
The first thing naturally when one enters a scholar's study or
library, is to look at his books. One gets a notion very
speedily of his tastes and the range of his pursuits by a glance
round his book-shelves.
I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,
If one be better with them or without,--
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I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt,
If one be better with them or without,--
Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed,
Knows the high art of what and how to read.
Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]
Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]