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Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over read more
The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, "The medicines of the soul."
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit.
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it read more
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it selfe.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.