A book is the only immortality.

Quote by Rufus Choate

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Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all...

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all...

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all...

Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all...

Read in order to live.

Read in order to live.

Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed...

Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed...

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important,...

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important,...

I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more...

I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more...

Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own

Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own

If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually change his mind....

If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually change his mind....

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use...

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself,...

If it is true that every Cuban knows how to read and write, it is...

If it is true that every Cuban knows how to read and write, it is...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire...

The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the...

The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the...

If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe,...

If the riches of the Indies, or the crowns of all the kingdoms of Europe,...

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

The way a book is read which is to say, the qualities a reader brings...

The way a book is read which is to say, the qualities a reader brings...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human...

I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who...

I divide all readers into two classes: Those who read to remember and those who...