Author Quotes

1140 quotes by 841 authors

We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very much like the simpleton of a Pliny the Younger, who… — Anatole France
Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes;… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to the genius of its… — Joseph Allen
CARTESIAN, adj. Relating to Descartes, a famous philosopher, author of the celebrated dictum, _Cogito ergo sum_ --whereby he was pleased to suppose he demonstrated the… — Ambrose Bierce
All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated… — John Donne
The way a book is read - which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book - can have as much to… — Norman Cousins
The world's a book, writ by the eternal art - Of the great author printed in man's heart, 'Tis falsely printed, though divinely penned, And… — Francis Quarles
For a good book has this quality, that it is not merely a petrifaction of its author, but that once it has been tossed behind,… — Spencer Tracy
I cannot account for the existence of evil by any rational method. To want to do so is to be co-equal with God.I know that… — Mohandas Gandhi
Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting… — Mark Twain
The laws of nature are written deep in the folds and faults of the earth. By encouraging men to learn those laws one can lead… — Unknown Author
A literary critic is a person who finds meaning in literature that the author didn't know was there. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
For where is any author in the world, Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye? Learning is but an adjunct to ourself. — William Shakespeare
My mother sat me down and said, ...you are beautiful to me but must know that you are beautiful for yourself. You should also be… — Unknown Author
The wisdom which does not proceed from Christ, and which does not as a consequence lead to Him, is only foolishness; for God, as the… — Unknown Author
You are the author of your life, unfortunately you are writing in pen and cannot erase your mistakes — Jerald Delacruz
I'm happy not because someone like this post, I am happy because I am the author of my quotes. — Meicee
Life is a book, you are the author. Learn to write the book before your mistakes and you shall have wonders. — Alex RJ Saranpa
If I was an artist, you would be my picture! If I was a poet, you would be my inspiration! If I was a river,… — Ali Bassam
As I have pointed out before, characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence, a metaphor containing… — Mayma

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