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It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited
six thousand years for read more
It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited
six thousand years for an observer.
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
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for
literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for
literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Night after night,
He sat and bleared his eyes with books.
Night after night,
He sat and bleared his eyes with books.
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.
The mind, relaxing into needful sport,
Should turn to writers of an abler sort,
Whose wit well read more
The mind, relaxing into needful sport,
Should turn to writers of an abler sort,
Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style,
Give truth a lustre, and make wisdom smile.
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.
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.
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.