If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum.

Quote by Sir Arthur Eddington

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Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an ass.

Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an ass.

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than...

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

All books can be indecent books, though recent books are bolder. For filth, I'm glad...

All books can be indecent books, though recent books are bolder. For filth, I'm glad...

Never read any book that is not a year old

Never read any book that is not a year old

The Bible - among other books is as a diamond among precious stones.

The Bible - among other books is as a diamond among precious stones.

It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read...

It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine...

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

We cannot learn men from books.

We cannot learn men from books.

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes...

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes...

The comic book [is] the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the...

The comic book [is] the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the...

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages...

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages...

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.

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them...

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang....

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang....