Maxioms Pet

X
  •   14  /  17  

    What a place to be in is an old library! It seems as though all
    the souls of all the writers that have bequeathed their labours
    to these Bodleians were reposing here as in some dormitory, or
    middle state. I do not want to handle, to profane the leaves,
    their winding-sheets. I could as soon dislodge a shade. I seem
    to inhale learning, walking amid their foliage; and the odor of
    their old moth-scented coverings is fragrant as the first bloom
    of those sciential apples which grew amid the happy orchard.
    - Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia),

    by Found in Libraries Quotes,
Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  10  /  32  

The medicine chest of the soul.

The medicine chest of the soul.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Libraries Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  14  /  39  

All round the room my silent servants wait,
My friends in every season, bright and dim.

All round the room my silent servants wait,
My friends in every season, bright and dim.

by Barry Cornwall Found in: Libraries Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  17  /  28  

Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]

Food for the soul.
[Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]

by Unattributed Author Found in: Libraries Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  19  /  38  

Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient
saints, full of true virtue, and that read more

Libraries are as the shrines where all the relics of the ancient
saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or
imposture, are preserved and reposed.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Libraries Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  21  /  52  

Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.

by Bayard Taylor Found in: Libraries Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  22  /  20  

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

  ( comments )
  29  /  39  

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future

by Ray Bradbury Found in: Libraries Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  18  /  38  

A great library contains the diary of the human race.

A great library contains the diary of the human race.

by Rev. George Dawson Found in: Libraries Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  15  /  30  

It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by
getting a great library.

It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by
getting a great library.

by Thomas Fuller Found in: Libraries Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet