Book Quote by Pliny the Younger

“We profit little by books we do not enjoy.”

— John Lubbock

“Semper pauper eris, sī pauper es, Aemiliāne: Dantur opēs nūllī nunc nisi dīvitibus.”

— Martial

“(nullum crimen, nulla poena sine lege previa).”

— Ann Tusa

“nulla dies sine linea.”

— Pliny the Younger

No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.]

— Plautus

“Paucis natura contenta est”

— Anonymous

“A book is tremendously important. Nobody ever paid for the price of a book, they only paid for the printing”

— Anonymous

“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

“Thereis no such thing as amoral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Books are the one luxury I deem a necessity. If my purchases lead us into poverty, then at least we will be well-read paupers.”

— Mark Brownlow

“Whatever truth you have chosen, read only a small portion of it, endeavouring to taste and digest it, to extract the essence and substance…

— Madame Guyon

“Books are both our luxuries and our daily bread.”

— Henry Stevens