Quotes about reading
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Ray Bradbury1920–2012Fahrenheit 451 (1953)Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton1803–1873The Caxtons (1849), Part II, Chapter I- Edward Bulwer-Lytton1803–1873Caxtoniana (1862), Essay X. Hints on Mental Culture
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
Robert Burns1759–1796Death and Dr. Hornbook, st. 1 (1787)
Thomas Carlyle1795–1881The Hero as Man of Letters- Thomas Carlyle1795–1881Sir Walter Scott (1838)
- Thomas Carlyle1795–1881The Hero as Man of Letters
- Thomas Carlyle1795–1881The Hero as Man of Letters
“and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?”
Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.
Ben Carsonborn 1951Think Big (1996), p. 22
Miguel de Cervantes1547–1616Don Quixote, Part I (1605), Ch. 1 (tr. Samuel Putnam)
G. K. Chesterton1874–1936Charles Dickens (1906).This Treasury paper, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
Winston Churchill1874–1965As cited in Churchill by Himself (2008), ed. Langworth, PublicAffairs, p. 50, ISBN 1586486389
Cicero107–43 BCOften credited to G. K. Chesterton
