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Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in read more
Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading,
imparts the vivacity and novelty of read more
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading,
imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll read more
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated
readings deserves to be read at all.
If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated
readings deserves to be read at all.
Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we
cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books read more
Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we
cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books of
science, though without any desire fixed of improvement, will
grow more knowing; he that entertains himself with moral or
religious treatises, will imperceptibly advance in goodness; the
ideas which are often offered to the mind, will at last find a
lucky moment when it is disposed to receive them.
My early and invincible love of reading, . . . I would not
exchange for the treasures of India.
My early and invincible love of reading, . . . I would not
exchange for the treasures of India.
We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever
it may be, as he saw read more
We have not read an author till we have seen his object, whatever
it may be, as he saw it.
In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and
receives more instruction from the Press than the read more
In a polite age almost every person becomes a reader, and
receives more instruction from the Press than the Pulpit.
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, read more
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.