Best Old Books Quotes

37 Old Books quotes by 35 unique authors

I have this obsession with really cool, old books. — Constance Zimmer
Typically, a book is published and gets one season in the sun. Eventually, you write another book, and maybe your old books get a bump,… — Raina Telgemeier
Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. — William Temple
I love old books. They tell you stories about their use. You can see where the fingerprints touched the pages as they held the book… — Jack Bowman
I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn very little. — Voltaire
Schools, including universities, must insist upon the prestige of reading and especially of reading old books. — George F Will
Books didn't figure in my family very much. . . . However, my grandmother's attic was full of old, old books . . . In… — William H. Gass
OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an _old man_. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive… — Ambrose Bierce
Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are the fruits of its age. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Age appears to be best in some things. Old wood best to burn. Old books best to read. Old rice best to eat and old… — Babloo
Two mentally disturbed men decided they must go to school. They collected old books and went to sit under the tree pretending it was a… — Newlove
Age appears to be best in some things Age appears to be best in some things. Old wood best to burn. Old books best to… — Lorna Grace

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