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That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where read more
That place that does contain
My books, the best companions, is to me
A glorious court, where hourly I converse
With the old sages and philosophers;
And sometimes, for variety, I confer
With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels;
Calling their victories, if unjustly got,
Unto a strict account, and, in my fancy,
Deface their ill-placed statues.
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
We call some books immortal! Do they live?
If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.
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We call some books immortal! Do they live?
If so, believe me, Time hath made them pure.
In Books, the veriest wicked rest in peace.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
Books are not men and yet they stay alive.
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.
A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
Books are humanity in print.
Books are humanity in print.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
Hark, the world so loud,
And they, the movers of the world, so still!
Hark, the world so loud,
And they, the movers of the world, so still!
