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...

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable...

It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable...

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down....

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down....

Tea and books - Mmmmmm, two of life's exquisite pleasures that together bring near-bliss.

Tea and books - Mmmmmm, two of life's exquisite pleasures that together bring near-bliss.

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...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has...

What irritates me is the bland way people go around saying, 'Oh, our attitude has...

Books are embalmed minds

Books are embalmed minds

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have...

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead,...

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead,...

Only when the war propaganda of the victors is entered into the history books of...

Only when the war propaganda of the victors is entered into the history books of...

I'm trying to read a book on how to relax, but I keep falling asleep.

I'm trying to read a book on how to relax, but I keep falling asleep.

Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I...

Pan me, don't give me the part, publish everybody's book but this one and I...

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage...

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage...

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

There is nothing but water in the holy pools. I know, I have been swimming...

There is nothing but water in the holy pools. I know, I have been swimming...