It is a man’s duty to have books… A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. H W Beecher
Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. H W Beecher
Except a living man there is nothing more wonderful than a book. Charles Kingsley
Give me books, fruit,
French wine and fine weather
And a little music out of doors
Played by somebody I do not know.
Keats
Few books bear second reading - comb your bookcase for salvage. Second World War government injunction. (I hope not too many people did this!)
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever,
Martin Tupper "Proverbial philosophy"
Quotes
2 years ago
Hello there! I found your blog on Google while looking for "Sharpe's Havoc". I haven't found many blogs which do historical fiction, so it's a pleasure. To your list of excellent quotations, may I add:
ReplyDelete"A room without books is like a body without a soul," attributed to Cicero.
I also like Erasmus' "A scholar's home is with his books."