Book Quote by Moliere Download Open image “A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.” — Moliere ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books Efficacy Greek Language Marvellous Pages Titles
“You could, if so inclined, read more Greek texts in the original Greek than the most prestigious Greek nobleman of classical times.” — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
“It is a curious thing that God learned Greek when he wished to turn author--and that he did not learn it better.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I have turned my entire attention to Greek. The first thing I shall do, as soon as the money arrives, is to buy some… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
“There have always been literate ignoramuses who have read too widely and not well. The Greeks had a name for such a mixture of… — Mortimer J. Adler Copy Share Image
It was a subtle refinement of God to learn Greek when he wished to write a book – and that he did not learn… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The student may read Homer or Ãâ schylus in the Greek without danger of dissipation or luxuriousness, for it implies that hein some measure… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“[English] fails me utterly when I attempt to describe what I love about Greek, that language innocent of all quirks and cranks; a language… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading. — Gilbert Murray Copy Share Image
“Pro captu lectoris, habent sua fata libelli" or, "According to the ability of the reader, every book has its own destiny.” — Terentianus Maurus Copy Share Image
I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody. — Moliere Copy Share Image
Tobacco is the passion of honest men and he who lives without tobacco is not worthy of living. — Moliere Copy Share Image
He makes his cook his merit, and the world visits his dinners and not him. — Moliere Copy Share Image
Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you! — Moliere Copy Share Image
In order to prove a friend to one's guests, frugality must reign in one's meals; and, according to an ancient saying, one must eat… — Moliere Copy Share Image
In society one needs a flexible virtue; too much goodness can be blamable. — Moliere Copy Share Image
Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be… — Moliere 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
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
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
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information in society… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
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