"Books are the quietest and most constant of…" — Charles William Eliot

"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends."

— Charles William Eliot

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20 Quotes by Charles William Eliot

Charles William Eliot has 20 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are…
I recognize but one mental acquisition as a necessary part of the education of a lady or gentlemen, namely, an…
Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.
All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties.
The Library is the heart of the University.
When blocked or defeated in an enterprise I had much at heart, I always turned immediately to another field of…
You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world
There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you.
In some small field each child should attain, within the limited range of its experience and observation, the power to…
The strikebreaker is the hero of American industry.
Truth and right are above utility in all realms of thought and action.
Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends, Consoler of the lonely, Bond of the scattered family, Enlarger of…

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I'm not a comic book guy at all. — Darren Aronofsky
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood

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