Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we
cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books of
science, though without any desire fixed of improvement, will
grow more knowing; he that entertains himself with moral or
religious treatises, will imperceptibly advance in goodness; the
ideas which are often offered to the mind, will at last find a
lucky moment when it is disposed to receive them.
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The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
We read to know we are not alone.
We read to know we are not alone.
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.
If we encountered a man or rare intellect, we should ask him what
books he read.
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If we encountered a man or rare intellect, we should ask him what
books he read.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll read more
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
The mind, relaxing into needful sport,
Should turn to writers of an abler sort,
Whose wit well read more
The mind, relaxing into needful sport,
Should turn to writers of an abler sort,
Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style,
Give truth a lustre, and make wisdom smile.
That he that readeth may run over it.
[Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.]
That he that readeth may run over it.
[Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.]
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for
literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for
literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
