You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.
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.
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of
the clerical militia with which the read more
You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of
the clerical militia with which the missiles of the most wicked
are destroyed; fruitful olives, vines of Engaddi, fig-trees
knowing no sterility; burning lamps to be ever held in the hand.
Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!
Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!
People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.
People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.
Hark, the world so loud,
And they, the movers of the world, so still!
Hark, the world so loud,
And they, the movers of the world, so still!
Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.
Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.
