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

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

That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where read more

That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues.

"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."

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

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

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.

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 but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of
shadows.

A library is but the soul's burial-ground. It is the land of
shadows.

The medicine chest of the soul.

The medicine chest of the soul.