The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables us to control, not society, but ourselves - a much more important thing; it prepares us…

Quote by Carl Becker

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Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Man is but a foundling in the cosmos, abandoned by the forces that created him

Man is but a foundling in the cosmos, abandoned by the forces that created him

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays,...

So I have loitered my life away, reading books, looking at pictures, going to plays,...

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and...

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and...

This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how...

This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how...

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The...

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The...

A library represents the mind of its collector, his fancies and foibles, his strength and...

A library represents the mind of its collector, his fancies and foibles, his strength and...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I...

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to...

A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to...

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal...

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal...

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.

O, let my books be then the eloquence and dumb presages of my speaking breast.

Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second...

Our brains are no longer conditioned for reverence and awe. We cannot imagine a Second...

A book unlike a television program, moving picture or any other modern means of communication...

A book unlike a television program, moving picture or any other modern means of communication...

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...