E. W. Howe Book, Philosophy, Literature
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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library. Jane Austen
I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.
Reading without thinking is nothing, for a book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think. Louis L'Amour
Reading without thinking is nothing, for a book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.
Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book. John Green
Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.
“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.” George Orwell
“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and a copy of the Domesday Book. Laurence Olivier
I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and a copy of the Domesday Book.
One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind. Arthur Schopenhauer
One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.
From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.” Groucho Marx
From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book.
Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly. Francis Bacon
Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.
I loved all books that I could read, and I never knew if I was ready for one until I tried to read it, so I tried to read everything. Neil Gaiman
I loved all books that I could read, and I never knew if I was ready for one until I tried to read it, so I tried to read everything.
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. Herman Melville
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.