Books Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

“A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a man's possessions. A library is not a luxury. It is one…

— Henry Ward Beecher

A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries in life.”

— Henry Ward Beecher

“I love libraries. I love books. There is something sacred, I think, about a great library because it represents the preservation of the wisdom,…

— Gordon B. Hinckley

“A book is a small library you can fit into your pocket.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“But the library - especially one so vast - is no mere cabinet of curiosities; it's a world, complete and uncompleteable, and it is…

— Matthew Battles

“The very idea of a library for me is bound to my mother and father and includes the history of my own metamorphosis through…

— Siri Hustvedt

“Libraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.”

— Augustine Birrell

“Libraries are the wardrobes of literature, whence men, properly informed may bring forth something for ornament, much for curiosity, and more for use.”

— William Dyer

“One of the great advantages of having a library,your eminence, is that it is full of books.”

— Michael Hirst

“Nor did I forget what is the natural pleasure of every man who has been a reader;… filling the shelves of a tolerably large…

— Walter Scott

“But with each passing year, and each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read…

— nick hornby