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title: "19 Better Read Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Better Read quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Better Read sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Those who do not read are no better off than those who cannot read.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-h-campbell/those-who-do-not-read-are-no-better-off-than-those-who-cannot-read/)

[Louis H. Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-h-campbell/)

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> [Sometimes it's better to not read too much, to not listen to everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angelique-kerber/sometimes-it-s-better-to-not-read-too-much-to-not-listen-to-everybody/)

[Angelique Kerber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angelique-kerber/)

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> [If you believe everything you read, better not read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/japanese-proverb/if-you-believe-everything-you-read-better-not-read/)

[Japanese Proverb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/japanese-proverb/)

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> [It's always better to have too much to read than not enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-patchett/it-s-always-better-to-have-too-much-to-read-than-not-enough/)

[Ann Patchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-patchett/)

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> [It's better not to read your reviews. Just go and do the thing... it would drive you crazy otherwise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juno-temple/it-s-better-not-to-read-your-reviews-just-go-and-do-the-thing-it/)

[Juno Temple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juno-temple/)

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> [Better not read books in which you make acquaintance of the devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reinhold-niebuhr/better-not-read-books-in-which-you-make-acquaintance-of-the-devil/)

[Reinhold Niebuhr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reinhold-niebuhr/)

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> [Those who will not read are no better off than those who cannot read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-rohn/those-who-will-not-read-are-no-better-off-than-those-who-cannot-read/)

[Jim Rohn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-rohn/)

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> [“We shall know how to live better, if we read the Holy Bible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lailah-gifty-akita/we-shall-know-how-to-live-better-if-we-read-the-holy-bible/)

[Lailah Gifty Akita](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lailah-gifty-akita/)

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> [The looks, the stares, the giggles . . . I wanted to show everybody that I could do better and also that I could read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/magic-johnson/the-looks-the-stares-the-giggles-i-wanted-to-show-everybody-that-i/)

[Magic Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/magic-johnson/)

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> [It's often better to read first-rate science fiction than second-rate science - it's far more stimulating, and perhaps no more likely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/it-s-often-better-to-read-first-rate-science-fiction-than-second-rate/)

[Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/)

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> [A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-truly-good-book-teaches-me-better-than-to-read-it-i-must-soon-lay-2/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [It is better to read a little and thoroughly than cram a crude undigested mass into my head, though it be great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-huxley/it-is-better-to-read-a-little-and-thoroughly-than-cram-a-crude/)

[Thomas Huxley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-huxley/)

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> [It's better to read first rate science fiction than second rate science-it's a lot more fun, and no more likely to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/it-s-better-to-read-first-rate-science-fiction-than-second-rate/)

[Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/)

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> [“A truly good book…teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down and commence living on its hint.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/a-truly-good-book-teaches-me-better-than-to-read-it-i-must-soon-lay/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [No matter how troubled a character's history, romance novels tell us, love can be built upon it, and happily-ever-after can result. What's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-maclean/no-matter-how-troubled-a-character-s-history-romance-novels-tell-us/)

[Sarah MacLean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-maclean/)

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> [“Books, for example, the accrued capital of the human experience, all the wealth of the human mind, books help you think bigger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mccullough-jr/books-for-example-the-accrued-capital-of-the-human-experience-all-the/)

[David McCullough Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mccullough-jr/)

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> [If everybody became a poet the world would be much better. We would all read to each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-giovanni/if-everybody-became-a-poet-the-world-would-be-much-better-we-would/)

[Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-giovanni/)

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> [The only thing most people do better than anyone else is read their own handwriting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-only-thing-most-people-do-better-than-anyone-else-is-read-their/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [If you believe everything you read, you better not read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/japanese-proverb/if-you-believe-everything-you-read-you-better-not-read/)

[Japanese Proverb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/japanese-proverb/)

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