Ass Quote by Khalil Gibran

He who learns, and makes no use of his learning, is a beast of burden with a load of books. Does the ass comprehend…

— Saadi

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books…

— Samuel Johnson

There is a big difference between he who reads just because he knows how to read and he who does understand what he reads.

— Wagner T Matioli

Ultimately, nobody can get more out of things, including books that he already knows. For what one lacks access to from experience one will…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

You can't expect that, after a poor fellow has written a book, he should also understand it.

— Giovannino Guareschi

A man who can't read only knows what other folks tell him.

— Orson Scott Card

A man who is ignorant of books is one with whom no discussion is possible.

— Vikrant Parsai

He who explains things to an intelligent person need not tire himself out talking.

— Vikrant Parsai

He that can compose himself, is wiser than he that composes books.

— Benjamin Franklin

A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.

— Anthony Horowitz

Woe be to him that reads but one book.

— George Herbert