Books Quote by Christopher Isherwood

These books have not made George nobler or better or more truly wise. It is just that he likes listening to their voices, the…

— Christopher Isherwood

“At the start, we tried to be calm and objective, but that soon fell away, and the purpose of the speakers was to goad…

— Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

“He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes books.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.”

— René Descartes

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

— Benjamin Franklin

“He who owns Books and loves them is wise.”

— Roger Duvoisin

“one of the most pleasant qualities of a reader who has lived among books all his life is that he does not attempt always…

— Maurice Francis Egan

“A good reader should always have two books with him: one to read, the other one to lend.”

— Gabrielle Dubois

“One that has well digested his knowledge both of books and men, has little enjoyment but in the company of a few select companions.…

— David Hume

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books.

— Benjamin Franklin

“Reading good books is like engaging in conversation with the most cultivated minds of past centuries who had composed them, or rather, taking part…

— René Descartes

“A man who writes a book, thinks himself wiser or wittier than the rest of mankind; he supposes that he can instruct or amuse…

— Samuel Johnson