Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it earlier.

Quote by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul...

Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul...

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who...

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who...

A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?

A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

The success of Heine -- to become a world-famous 'unkown poet.'

The success of Heine -- to become a world-famous 'unkown poet.'

The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same...

The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same...

The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books.

The flesh, alas, is sad, and I have read all the books.

Only one hour in a day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed...

Only one hour in a day is more pleasurable than the hour spent in bed...

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

Books are embalmed minds.

Books are embalmed minds.

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his...

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subject inquires not...

People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subject inquires not...

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most...

The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most...

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...