Average person Quote by George Orwell

“The more books you read, the less topics you have in common with most of the people, that´s the price you pay for reading.”

— Martina Tutková

“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them; but as a rule the purchase of…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“How mean to buy only as many books as one will actually have time to read.”

— Alain de Botton

“No book is really worth reading, which does not either impart valuable knowledge; or set before us some ideal of beauty, strength, or nobility…

— J.R. Miller

“When I have money, I invest in buying books. My personal development by reading these books is my greatest pleasure.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assessed.”

— Alan Jacobs

“A book is tremendously important. Nobody ever paid for the price of a book, they only paid for the printing”

— Anonymous

“buying books would be a good thing if we also could buy the time to read them.”

— arthur schopenhauer

“The worth of a book is too be measured by what you can carry away from it.”

— James Bryce

“Books are the one luxury I deem a necessity. If my purchases lead us into poverty, then at least we will be well-read paupers.”

— Mark Brownlow

“Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.”

— Richard Denney

“A good book is a cheap read.”

— Colin Tegerdine