Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!

Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!

There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!

There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it read more

If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason read more

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how read more

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.

An art book is a museum without walls.

An art book is a museum without walls.