You May Also Like / View all maxioms
 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! 
Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.
Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all
This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more
This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.