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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
The newest books are those that never grow old.
The newest books are those that never grow old.
The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over read more
The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, "The medicines of the soul."
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!
Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!
But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,
exempted from the wrong of time, and capable read more
But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,
exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual
renovation.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
A book is the only immortality.
A book is the only immortality.
