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.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in read more

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure of a library lies in its very existence

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.

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it read more

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.