Books Quote by Oliver Goldsmith

“One can't be irredeemable who shows reverence for books.”

— Laini Taylor

“An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a…

— Henry Fielding

“No book is really worth reading, which does not either impart valuable knowledge; or set before us some ideal of beauty, strength, or nobility…

— J.R. Miller

“But in those whom no necessity forces to turn Author, who merely write for fame, and have full leisure to polish their compositions, faults…

— Matthew Lewis

“Like every writer, he measured other men's virtues by what they had accomplished, yet asked that other men measure him by what he planned…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“We are as liable to be corrupted by books as we are by companions.”

— Henry Fielding

“...but one can't be irredeemable who shows reverence for books.”

— Laini Taylor

“One that has well digested his knowledge both of books and men, has little enjoyment but in the company of a few select companions.…

— David Hume

“There are many who think that they are marvelous if they can simply resemble a great man in some one thing; and often they…

— Anonymous

If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.

— Sarah Fielding

“Some of us got our reputations because we wrote good books or had clever publicists. He got his reputation through sheer hard work.”

— James A. Owen

“A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.”

— Nicholaa Spencer