Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

By words the mind is winged.

By words the mind is winged.

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on read more

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.

Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.

Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.