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A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
A man of one book.
[Lat., Homo unius libri.]
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.
I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed -- and one of them hadn't even been colored read more
I heard his library burned down and both books were destroyed -- and one of them hadn't even been colored in yet.
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the
Almighty would answer me, and that mine read more
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the
Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a
book.
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.
In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.
In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.
