Book Quote by Richard Baxter

It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but 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

“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

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 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

“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

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

— H. L. Mencken

An acquaintanceship with the literature of the world may be won by any person who will devote half an hour a day to the…

— John Andreas Widtsoe

One man is as good as another until he has written a book.

— Benjamin Jowett

It is no more necessary that a man should remember the different dinners and suppers which have made him healthy, than the different books…

— Sydney Smith

The reading of all good books is indeed like a conversation with the noblest men of past centuries who were the authors of them,…

— Rene Descartes