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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. – Henry Ward BeecherRate it:
Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. – Umberto EcoRate it:
Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss. – MontaigneRate it:
Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please. – Oswald ChambersRate it:
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. – Barbara TuchmanRate it:
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. – Henry David ThoreauRate it:
Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. – Joseph AddisonRate it:
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. – Charles W. EliotRate it:
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. – Charles W. Eliot, The Happy Life, 1896Rate it:
Books are the silent but eloquent mentors, holding the power to ignite minds, kindle passions, and shape destinies. – Aloo Denish ObieroRate it:
Books are the way the dead talk to the living. – Laurie AndersonRate it:
Books are timeless portals to infinite worlds, inviting us to explore the vastness of knowledge. – Aloo Denish ObieroRate it:
Books aren’t just commodities; the profit motive is often in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable – but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words. – Ursula K. LeGuinRate it:
Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. – Salman RushdieRate it:
Books get older as well; their body also wears out, but unlike us, their brain remains forever young! – Mehmet Murat ildanRate it:
Books give not wisdome where none was before, But where some is, there reading makes it more. – Sir John HaringtonRate it:
Books have the power to create, destroy or change civilizations.” – Zaman AliRate it:
Books have the same enemies as people fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. – Paul ValeryRate it:
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. – Paul ValeryRate it:
Books may well be the only true magic. – Alice HoffmanRate it:
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books. – Francis BaconRate it:
Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use. – Sir John DenhamRate it:
Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all. – Samuel JohnsonRate it:
Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. – A. Whitney GriswoldRate it:

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry.

Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss.

– MontaigneRate it:

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please.

– Oswald ChambersRate it:

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

– Barbara TuchmanRate it:

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

– Henry David ThoreauRate it:

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

– Joseph AddisonRate it:

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

– Charles W. EliotRate it:

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

– Charles W. Eliot, The Happy Life, 1896Rate it:

Books are the silent but eloquent mentors, holding the power to ignite minds, kindle passions, and shape destinies.

– Aloo Denish ObieroRate it:

Books are the way the dead talk to the living.

– Laurie AndersonRate it:

Books are timeless portals to infinite worlds, inviting us to explore the vastness of knowledge.

– Aloo Denish ObieroRate it:

Books aren’t just commodities; the profit motive is often in conflict with the aims of art. We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable – but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.

– Ursula K. LeGuinRate it:

Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.

– Salman RushdieRate it:

Books get older as well; their body also wears out, but unlike us, their brain remains forever young!

– Mehmet Murat ildanRate it:

Books give not wisdome where none was before, But where some is, there reading makes it more.

– Sir John HaringtonRate it:

Books have the power to create, destroy or change civilizations.”

– Zaman AliRate it:

Books have the same enemies as people fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

– Paul ValeryRate it:

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

– Paul ValeryRate it:

Books may well be the only true magic.

– Alice HoffmanRate it:

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

– Francis BaconRate it:

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

– Sir John DenhamRate it:

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

– Samuel JohnsonRate it:

Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

– A. Whitney GriswoldRate it:

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