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The proper study of mankind is books.
The proper study of mankind is books.
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.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
A book is a gift you can open again and again.
Only your friends steal your books
Only your friends steal your books
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
All books grow homilies by time; they are
Temples, at once, and Landmarks.
All books grow homilies by time; they are
Temples, at once, and Landmarks.
This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more
This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.