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.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
The covers of this book are too far apart.
A library is an arsenal of liberty.
A library is an arsenal of liberty.
A book might be written on the injustice of the just.
A book might be written on the injustice of the just.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future
Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future
Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.
Shelved around us lie
The mummied authors.
Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.
Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.
A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of
diabolical knowledge.
A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of
diabolical knowledge.
