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My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great read more
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.
The covers of this book are too far apart.
The covers of this book are too far apart.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it read more
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
Only your friends steal your books
Only your friends steal your books
Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading read more
Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.