Book Quote by Richard Baxter

It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good, but the well-reading of a few,…

— Richard Baxter

If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading.

— Anonymous

One must be rich in thought and character to owe nothing to books, though preparation is necessary to profitable reading; and the less reading…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

“A man should begin with his own times. He should become acquainted first of all with the world in which he is living and…

— Henry Miller

The chief knowledge that's man on from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading.

— H. L. Mencken

Read all books in the world, it will not make you wise. Only wise ones are those who know, four letters that love comprise.

— Kabir

The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.

— Hans Christian Andersen

“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

A well-read writer, with good taste, is one who has the command of the wit of other men; he searches where knowledge is to…

— Isaac D'Israeli

Many times the reading of a book has made the future of a man.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

You can never be wise unless you love reading.

— Samuel Johnson