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Quotations by Subject: Books (82 quotes)

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Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them.: Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.: William Lyon Phelps
I believe that any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement, if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day, and as nearly as possible reaching the high water mark of pure and useful living.: Booker T. Washington (1856 - 1915)
The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.: Yevgeny Zamyatin
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out.: Arthur Schoenhauer
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed: Sir W. Temple
Upon books the collective education of the race depends; they are the sole instruments of registering, perpetuating and transmitting thought.: Henry C. Rogers
A good book is the precious life-blood of the master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose for a life beyond.: John Milton (1608 - 1674)

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