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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.
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you read more
The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
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.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
