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Quotations by Subject: Books (82 quotes)

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It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), Roving Commission: My Early Life, 1930, Chapter 9
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I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.': Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965), quoted in Rudolf Flesch, ed., "The New Book of Unusual Quotations" (NY: Harper & Row, 1966), p. 311
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There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.: Pierre Bayle (1647 - 1706), Dictionairre Historique et Critique
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A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.: Brendan Francis
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He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter.: Dr. Isaac Barrow (1630 - 1677), quoted in Fifty Years of Sheffield Church Life 1866-1916 by Rev. W. Odom
A place for everything and everything in its place.: Isabella Mary Beeton, The Book of Household Management, 1861
Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.: J. R. R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Lord Of the Rings, Book Four, Chapter One
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The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.: Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881)
Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity.: Spanish Proverb
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.: Martin Fraquhar Tupper

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