A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.

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I am more fond of achieving than striving. My theories must prove to be facts...

I am more fond of achieving than striving. My theories must prove to be facts...

Of two evils, choose the prettier

Of two evils, choose the prettier

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.

A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

Of two evils choose the prettier.

Of two evils choose the prettier.

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his...

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his...

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a...

It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a...

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to...

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to...

Actions lie louder than words.

Actions lie louder than words.

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books...

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books...

A book has but one vioce, but it does not instruct everyone alike.

A book has but one vioce, but it does not instruct everyone alike.

Real poverty is lack of books

Real poverty is lack of books

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

I think the adjective ''post-modernist'' really means ''mannerist.'' Books about books is fun but frivolous.

Some books makes me want to go adventuring, others feel that they have saved me...

Some books makes me want to go adventuring, others feel that they have saved me...

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own...

My Book and Heart Must never part

My Book and Heart Must never part