Through and through the inspired leaves, Ye maggots make your windings; But, oh, respect his lordship’s taste, And spare the golden bindings!
Books Quotes
Books are the true levelers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our race.
Erudition, n. Dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
Some books are lies frae end to end, And some great lies were never penn’d: Ev’n ministers, they hae been kend, In holy rapture, A rousing whid at times to vend, And nail’t wi’ Scripture.
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.
Scrap-book, n. A book that is commonly edited by a fool. Many persons of some small distinction compile scrap-books containing whatever they happen to read about themselves or employ others to collect.
I struggled for forty-seven years, I distinguished myself in every way I possibly could. I never had a compliment nor a ‘Thank you’, nor a single farthing. I translated a doubtful book in my old age, and I immediately made sixteen thousand guineas. Now that I know the tastes of England, we need never be […]
God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Libraries are not made, they grow.
Like a roving spaniel, that barks at every bird he sees, leaving his game, I have followed all, saving that which I should, and may justly complain, and truly, “qui ubique est, nusquam est”, which Gesner did in modesty, that I have read many books, but to little purpose, for want of good method; I […]
