1/14/07

Book and Reading Quotes

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. ~ Mark Twain

It is not true that we have only one life to live: if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~ S. I. Hayakawa

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~ Chinese Proverb

After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless. ~ Chinese Proverb

A book holds a house of gold. ~ Chinese Proverb

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood. ~ Chinese Proverb

One good teacher outweighs a ton of books. ~ Chinese Proverb

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. ~ St. Augustine

Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. ~ Arnold Lobel

A room without a book is like a body without a soul. ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero

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