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Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.
My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends and the most patient of teachers.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends and the most patient of teachers.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all
Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it read more
The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
The book you don't read can't help
The book you don't read can't help
A book might be written on the injustice of the just.
A book might be written on the injustice of the just.