Appearance Quote by William Shakespeare

To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read comes by nature

— William Shakespeare

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read comes by nature.

— William Shakespeare

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

— Hans Christian Andersen

“To read is not a virtue; but to read well is an art, and an art that only the born reader can acquire. The…

— Edith Wharton

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

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

“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

A man's fortune is frequently decided by his first address. If pleasing, others at once conclude he has merit; but if ungraceful, they decide…

— Lord Chesterfield

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner…

— Aristotle

The quality which makes man want to write and be read is essentially a desire for self-exposure and masochism. Like one of those guys…

— James Jones

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

— Samuel Johnson

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.

— Thomas Hobbes