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Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.
Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.
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.
Books, books, books!
I had found the secret of a garret room
Piled high with cases in read more
Books, books, books!
I had found the secret of a garret room
Piled high with cases in my father's name;
Piled high, packed large,--where, creeping in and out
Among the giant fossils of my past,
Like some small nimble mouse between the ribs
Of a mastodon, I nibbled here and there
At this or that box, pulling through the gap,
In heats of terror, haste, victorious joy,
The first book first. And how I felt it beat
Under my pillow, in the morning's dark,
An hour before the sun would let me read!
My books!
At last, because the time was ripe,
I chanced upon the poets.
Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can
Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can
It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?
It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?
What is reading, but silent conversation.
What is reading, but silent conversation.
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.
Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.
Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
