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No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of read more
I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought read more
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.
There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.
If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.