A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.

A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.

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.

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

A book is the only immortality.

A book is the only immortality.

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.