We get no good
By being ungenerous, even to a book,
And calculating profits--so much help
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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.

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as read more

The best of a book is not the thought which it contains, but the thought which it suggests; just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones but in the echoes of our hearts.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.

The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.

The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.

Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some to be chewed and digested.

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.