Night after night,
He sat and bleared his eyes with books.

Night after night,
He sat and bleared his eyes with books.

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

A home without books is a body without soul.

A home without books is a body without soul.

That he that readeth may run over it.
[Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.]

That he that readeth may run over it.
[Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.]

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he
reads as a task will do read more

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he
reads as a task will do him little good.

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.

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.

I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech,
the sea which receives tributaries from every region read more

I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech,
the sea which receives tributaries from every region under
heaven. I should as soon think of swimming across the Charles
river when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in
originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue.

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.

Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere.