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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.
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it read more
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it selfe.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
Books are humanity in print.
Books are humanity in print.
The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in read more
The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading read more
Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.