Books lead us into the finest society, enabling us to acquaint ourselves with the great sages of all ages. — Smiles (British Author)
Reading a good book is like conversing with a multitude of noble persons. — Muckle (French Philosopher)
A good book is like a ship, carrying us from confined places out to the boundless ocean of life. — Keller (American Author)
Whoever burns books will also burn people. — Heine (German Poet)
Expecting a person to remember all the books they have read is as unrealistic as expecting them to store all the food they have eaten within their body. — Schopenhauer (German Philosopher)
Books are the true university of the present day. — Thomas Carlyle (British Author)
Influenced by daily reading of good books, all kinds of foolishness seem to melt away, as if roasted on a hearth. — Hugo (French Author)
All human life leaves its mark, in sequence, in books: races, peoples, and nations may perish, but books remain. — Herzen (Russian Philosopher)
Those who base most of their actions on books will accomplish more when they put them aside. — Thomas Browne (British Psychologist)
What does a book not give you? Without leaving home, you can tour the thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers in your sleep; with strangers, you can sit and talk intimately. — Wu Boxiao (Chinese Author)
A book is a miracle, for it hides the author's soul. Open the book to release this soul, and it will mysteriously converse with you. — Gorky (Soviet Writer)
When we read, it is as if we are walking hand in hand with the noblest sages of antiquity, soaring over countless enchanting fairylands and magical gardens. — John Lubbock (American Author)
Love books! They help you live, assisting you like friends to sort out the dizzying tangle of thoughts, feelings, and events. — Gorky (Soviet Writer)
I believe that everything good in me has been given to me by books. — Gorky (Soviet Writer)
Love books! They are the source of knowledge. — Gorky (Soviet Writer)