There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed -- and one of them hadn't even been colored read more

I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed -- and one of them hadn't even been colored in yet.

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how read more

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands read more

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in read more

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way