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Never judge a book by its movie.
Never judge a book by its movie.
The proper study of mankind is books.
The proper study of mankind is books.
I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban.
What is your study?
I'll talk a word with this same learned Theban.
What is your study?
The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
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.
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.
When night hath set her silver lamp high,
Then is the time for study.
When night hath set her silver lamp high,
Then is the time for study.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.