Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.

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

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.

The book you don't read can't help

The book you don't read can't help

A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]

A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.