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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Laws die, Books never.
Laws die, Books never.
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great read more
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine -- but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.
My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water.
The proper study of mankind is books.
The proper study of mankind is books.
 The Wise
 (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
  But in their books, as from read more 
 The Wise
 (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;
  But in their books, as from their graves they rise.
   Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,
    Walk with and warn us! 
The book you don't read can't help
The book you don't read can't help