Books Quote by George William Curtis Download Open image “Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.” — George William Curtis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accumulated Wisdom Books Books Burning Burning Lamps Lamps Accumulated Wisdom Writer
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Books are fountains of knowledge and also help the heart find the way to use that knowledge with wisdom — Robert S. Jepson, Jr Copy Share Image
We all know that books burn, yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Books are the greatest treasure of wisdom and knowledge for mankind.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs,… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Burning books is not as grave as burning people, because books, contrary to men, are not unique and ideas are fireproof! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Prussia is great because her people are intelligent. They know the alphabet. The alphabet is conquering the world. — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
Through all history, from the beginning, a noble army of martyrs have fought fiercely and fallen bravely for that unseen mistress, their country. So,… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
The sure foundations of the state are laid in knowledge, not in ignorance; and every sneer at education, at culture, at book learning, which… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be; The waves that plunged along the shore Said only: "Dreamer,… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
A tree which has lost its head will never recover it again, and will survive only as a monument of the ignorance and folly… — George William Curtis 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
