Quotes about books & reading

Novelist quotes

William Makepeace Thackeray quote: “If a secret history of books could…”

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Quotes about books & reading

Thomas Jefferson quote: “I cannot live without books…”

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Friendship quotes

Louisa May Alcott quote: “Good books, like good friends, are few…”

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Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift quote: “Books, the children of the brain…”

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Author quotes

Henry David Thoreau quote: “Books are to be distinguished by the…”

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Author quotes

Henry David Thoreau quote: “Books can only reveal us to ourselves…”

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Quotes about books & reading

William Hazlitt quote: “Books let us into their souls and…”

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Quotes about books & reading

Robert Chambers quote: “Books are the blessed chloroform of the…”

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Author quotes

George William Curtis quote: “Books are the ever burning lamps of…”

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Author quotes

Henry David Thoreau quote: “Books are the treasured wealth of the…”

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Christian quotes

Henry Ward Beecher quote: “Books are not made for furniture, but…”

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Christian quotes

Henry Ward Beecher quote: “Books are not men and yet they…”

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Quotes about books & reading

Robert Chambers quote: “Books are standing counselors and preachers, always…”

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Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus quote: “Your library is your paradise…”

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Desiderius Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus quote: “When I get a little money I…”

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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon quote: “Some books are to be tasted, others…”

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Quotes about books & reading

Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: “Nowadays, three witty turns of phrase…”

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Author quotes

Thomas More quote: “My only books were woman’s looks, and…”

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Christian quotes

Thomas Fuller quote: “Learning hath gained most by those books…”

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John Selden

John Selden quote: “In quoting of books, quote such authors…”

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Quotes about books & reading

Mark Twain quote: “A person who won’t read has no…”

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Maimonides

Maimonides quote: “Do not consider it proof just because…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “Books like friends, should be few and…”

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Dream quotes

Marsilio Ficino quote: “Books that distribute things… with as daring…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “Books that you carry to the fire…”

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Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison quote: “Books are the legacies that a great…”

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Playwright quotes

William Shakespeare quote: “And this, our life, exempt from public…”

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Parenting quotes

Horace Mann quote: “A house without books is like a…”

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Joseph Joubert

Joseph Joubert quote: “There was a time when the world…”

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Joseph Joubert

Joseph Joubert quote: “The Bible remained for me a book…”

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