"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."

Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe
Where every book is thy epitaph.

Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe
Where every book is thy epitaph.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

A library is an arsenal of liberty.

The medicine chest of the soul.

The medicine chest of the soul.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

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

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

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it read more

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose

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

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

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.