I have seen men hazard their fortunes, go on long journeys halfway around the world, forge friendships, even lie, cheat and steal, all for the gain of a book.

Quote by A S W Rosenbach

Topics: Books Quotes, Cheating Quotes

Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for...

Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for...

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.

He said 'I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser legs...

He said 'I'm going to chop off the bottom of one of your trouser legs...

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

Study from new books but from old teachers.

Study from new books but from old teachers.

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good...

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good...

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The...

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The...

Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the...

Whenever you read a good book, it's like the author is right there, in the...

The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

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

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

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more...

In this way they went on, and on, and on--in the language of the story-books--until...

In this way they went on, and on, and on--in the language of the story-books--until...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in running...

And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in running...

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and...

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and...

'Tis my opinion every man cheats in his own way, and he is only honest...

'Tis my opinion every man cheats in his own way, and he is only honest...