Bibliophiles Quote by Henry Ward Beecher Download Open image “The bibliophile is the master of his books, the bibliomaniac their slave.” — Henry Ward Beecher ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bibliophiles Book Books Masters Slave
“A serious bibliophile never lends his books. In fact he does not even read his books, for fear of wearing them out.” — Gérard de Nerval Copy Share Image
I'm the farthest thing from a bibliophile. I purge my collection regularly: If I haven't read a book in a couple of years, I… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
A bibliomaniac is one to whom books are like bottles of whiskey to the inebriate, to whom anything that is between covers has an… — Hugh Walpole Copy Share Image
“...maybe you can curb your bibliophile tendencies for the moment? It's not like we don't have other...priorities…at present." "Nonsense," the bookseller said. "There's always… — Greg Cox Copy Share Image
Real bibliophiles do not put their books on shelves for people to look at or handle. They have no desire to show off their… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Done to death by books? There were worse ways to go, even if you weren't a bibliophile.” — Martin Edwards Copy Share Image
BIBLIOBLISS. Transported into states of transcendent pleasure while immersed in reading a favorite book. — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
My husband and I are huge bibliophiles. He's always reading 'The New York Times Book Review' and then ordering 20 books online. — Carrie Coon Copy Share Image
Does a bibliophile ever have enough room on his shelves? The answer is obvious: get more shelves. — Will Thomas Copy Share Image
“The difference between a person who appreciates books, even loves them, and a collector is not only degrees of affection, I realized. For the… — Allison Hoover Bartlett Copy Share Image
Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Bibliophiles and Swimmers are most Beautiful Creatures in the Universe !” — bkjagadish Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless we cherish all books, especially the unread ones, for who knows what secrets they might yield one day? —p.397, as by Larry Zagorski,… — Jake Arnott Copy Share Image
A bibliophile has approximately the same relationship to literature as a philatelist to geography. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
To a bibliophile, there is but one thing better than a box of new books, and that is a box of old ones. — Will Thomas Copy Share Image
“Should he give free reign to his desires, the bibliomaniac can ruin his life along with the lives of his loved ones. He'll often… — Mikita Brottman Copy Share Image
“I'm so glad I have my own copy. I can read them again and again. I can read them again and again on trains,… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
“Literature takes us away from our grey everyday experience, but brings us back enriched with new sensibilities.” — Willie van Peer Copy Share Image
Her library would have been valuable to a bibliophile except she treated her books execrably. I would rarely open a volume that she had… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Real bibliophiles do not put their books on shelves for people to look at or handle. They have no desire to show off their… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
