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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.
I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words read more
One can live with the thought of one's own death. It is the thought of the death of the words and books that is terrifying for that is the deeper extinction.
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
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."
