Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

Quote by Charles W Eliot

Topics: Books Quotes, Friendship Quotes, Teachers And Teaching Quotes

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in...

You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in...

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and...

The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland; but that's because...

The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland; but that's because...

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

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...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.

The Bible is worth all the other books which have ever been printed.

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful - there are far too many children.

Leaving behind books is even more beautiful - there are far too many children.

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

Books didn't figure in my family very much. . . . However, my grandmother's attic...

Books didn't figure in my family very much. . . . However, my grandmother's attic...

Books are the curse of the human race.

Books are the curse of the human race.

An ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place...

An ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place...

The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger....

The Bible give us a list of human stories on both sides of the ledger....

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale...

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to...

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to...

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.