Book Quote by Terentianus Maurus

“Habent sua fata libelli. (Books have their own destinies.)”

— Terentianus Maurus

“Pro captu lectoris, habent sua fata libelli" or, "According to the ability of the reader, every book has its own destiny.”

— Terentianus Maurus

“Pro captu lectoris, habent sua fata libelli.”

— Terentianus Maurus

Habent sua fata libelli et balli [Books and bullets have their own destinies]

— Ernst Junger

“habent sua fata libelli”

— Maurus

Books have their destinies.

— Horace

Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated.

— Henry David Thoreau

“It has the permanent quality of literature.”

— Virginia Woolf

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— Eileen Gunn

“Of all books printed, probably not more than half are ever read. Many are embalmed in public libraries; many go into private quarters to…

— Flora Haines Loughead

“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise, and one that will task the reader…

— Henry David Thoreau

“After thirty years working as a commercial fiction translator, I've reached to the conclussion that, on average, the more pages a book has, the…

— César Aira