Bears Quote by Joseph Epstein

What is twice read is commonly better remembered that what is transcribed.

— Samuel Johnson

“Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice.”

— Cyril Connolly

What is read twice is usually remembered more than what is once written.

— Samuel Johnson

“A wise man once said that if a book was not worth reading twice it was not worth reading once.”

— Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson

“Nobody ever reads the same book twice.”

— Robertson Davies

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be read once.

— Cyril Connolly

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay an author.

— Samuel Johnson

“The literary man re-reads, other men simply read.”

— C.S. Lewis

“A good reader should always have two books with him: one to read, the other one to lend.”

— Gabrielle Dubois

“There are so many good books waiting to be read, I’ll never go back and read one twice.”

— Deb Baker

It's rare that I read more than two or three books by any one author; usually only one.

— Isaac Marion

“The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts…

— Charles Spurgeon