We get no good
By being ungenerous, even to a book,
And calculating profits--so much help
By so much reading. It is rather when
We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge
Soul-forward, headlong, into a book's profound,
Impassioned for its beauty, and salt of truth--
'Tis then we get the right good from a book.
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Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it read more
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it selfe.
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.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
The covers of this book are too far apart.
The covers of this book are too far apart.
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.
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.
A library is thought in cold storage.
A library is thought in cold storage.
