I can hardly keep wondering at my own folly in thinking it worthwhile to leave my books and garden, even for one day's attendance in the House of Commons.

Quote by William Wyndam Grenville

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I can hardly keep wondering at my own folly in thinking it worthwhile to leave...

I can hardly keep wondering at my own folly in thinking it worthwhile to leave...

Al forms of consensus about ''great'' books and ''perennial'' problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate...

Al forms of consensus about ''great'' books and ''perennial'' problems, once stabilized, tend to deteriorate...

Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me, From mine own library with volumes that...

Knowing I loved my books, he furnished me, From mine own library with volumes that...

Leaders are Readers

Leaders are Readers

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...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

If I had my way books would not be written in English, but in an...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

How novel and original must be each new mans view of the universe - for...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because...

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because...

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as...

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as...

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify...

Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify...

Study nature, not books.

Study nature, not books.

I can look at [my books] with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close...

I can look at [my books] with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

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,...

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favorites

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favorites

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but...

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but...

A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and...

A man practices the art of adventure when he breaks the chain of routine and...

Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own...

Norman Mailer decocts matters of the first philosophical magnitude from an examination of his own...