Books Quote by Christina, Queen of Sweden Download Open image “We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation.” — Christina, Queen of Sweden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Consolation Corrections Instruction Reading
“Good for: Reminiscing. Gentle instruction. Putting readers at ease.” — Stephen Coles Copy Share Image
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Not simply to help learners read the word, but rather to help them read the world — Author Name Copy Share Image
We all know that reading is an invaluable life skill. It is vital for children in their education and as they take their place… — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Copy Share Image
We read because they teach us about people, we can see ourselves in them,in their problems.And by seeing ourselves in them, we clarify ourselves,… — F. Sionil José Copy Share Image
[General James Mattis] said, reading allows you to learn from other people's mistakes without filling body bags with the bodies of your soldiers as… — Peter R. Mansoor Copy Share Image
It is quite as ignominious to allow oneself to be deceived as to deceive. — Christina, Queen of Sweden Copy Share Image
Nuns and married women are equally unhappy, if in different ways. — Christina, Queen of Sweden Copy Share Image
There are few prisoners more closely guarded than princes. — Christina, Queen of Sweden Copy Share Image
It would not be difficult to be a better ruler than I was: for I admit that I ruled badly; and even if I… — Christina, Queen of Sweden Copy Share Image
Other things titillate me more keenly than the pale pleasures of marriage. — Christina, Queen of Sweden Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image