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A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.
My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested.
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few
to be chewed and digested.
Laws die, Books never.
Laws die, Books never.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.
A library is thought in cold storage.
A library is thought in cold storage.
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
