Books Quote by John Denham Download Open image ““Books should to one of these four ends conduce, For wisdom, piety, delight, or use.”” — John Denham ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Wisdom
Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use. — John Denham Copy Share Image
“Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to [the words of the wise]. Of making many books there is no end, and much… — Ecclesiastes 12:12 Copy Share Image
“Books are the shells of wisdom, which are split open for the pearls of character.” — Bozorgmehr Copy Share Image
“Books are keys to wisdom's treasure; Books are gates to lands of pleasure; Books are paths that upward lead; Books are friends. Come, let… — Emilie Poulsson Copy Share Image
“Books are the greatest treasure of wisdom and knowledge for mankind.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“Indeed, all books, each and every book ever written, could be said to be offered to the reader as a form of self-help.” — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“Each of us will make his own shelf of books. The book for me is the book that delights, attracts, soothes, or uplifts me.” — Maurice Francis Egan Copy Share Image
Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art. — George Henry Lewes 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
“Books, in all their variety, offer the human intellect the means whereby civilization may be carried triumphantly forward.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Wisdom or personal experience surpasses all books and the knowledge they provide.” — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate. — John Denham Copy Share Image
Learn to live well, that thou may'st die so too; To live and die is all we have to do. — John Denham Copy Share Image
Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst That the best things corrupted, are the worst; 'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd Sin,… — John Denham Copy Share Image
Uncertain ways unsafest are, and doubt a greater mischief than despair. — John Denham Copy Share Image
The man who first abused his fellows with swear-words instead of bashing their brains out with a club should be counted among those who… — John Denham Copy Share Image
It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy - it is… — John Denham Copy Share Image
But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built;… — John Denham Copy Share Image
Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame. — John Denham Copy Share Image
Such is our pride, our folly, or our fate, That few, but such as cannot write, translate. — John Denham Copy Share Image
Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know. — John Denham 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
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