Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

Quote by Barbara W Tuchman

Topics: Books Quotes, History Quotes, Literature Quotes

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip and Germans,...

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip and Germans,...

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity...

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity...

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,...

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should...

And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should...

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Don't judge a book by its cover

Don't judge a book by its cover

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.

I conceive that a knowledge of books is the basis on which all other knowledge...

I conceive that a knowledge of books is the basis on which all other knowledge...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

The Bible - among other books is as a diamond among precious stones.

The Bible - among other books is as a diamond among precious stones.

He is running not for election but for the history books.

He is running not for election but for the history books.

A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study...

A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study...

Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by...

Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by...

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and...

There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and...

Lawn as white as driven snow

Lawn as white as driven snow