Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love for reading

Quote by Rufus Choate

Topics: Reading Quotes

A book is the only immortality.

A book is the only immortality.

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...

I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew...

I have often reflected upon the new vistas that reading opened to me. I knew...

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.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.

The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

History is not the story of heroes entirely. It is often the story of cruelty...

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose...

A good word is like a good tree whose root is firmly fixed and whose...

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

If you can read this, thank a teacher.

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

It's important to read because it's really good for your vocabulary. It's really good for...

It's important to read because it's really good for your vocabulary. It's really good for...

I regularly read Internet user groups filled with messages from people trying to solve software...

I regularly read Internet user groups filled with messages from people trying to solve software...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

They say you can read faces. Well, if that is true, you can read the...

They say you can read faces. Well, if that is true, you can read the...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts,...

He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech.

He didn't say that. He was reading what was given to him in a speech.

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly in...

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly in...

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...

This is why I studied literature in college. This is why I became a teacher:...