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Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.
Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.
Some on commission, some for the love of learning, some because they have nothing better to do or because they read more
Some on commission, some for the love of learning, some because they have nothing better to do or because they hope these walls of books will deaden the drumming of the demon in their ears.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
Wear the old coat and buy the new book.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.
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.
Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.
Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.
Words represent your intellect. The sound, gesture and movement represent your feelings.