The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables us to control, not society, but ourselves - a much more important thing; it prepares us…

Quote by Carl Becker

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Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Man is but a foundling in the cosmos, abandoned by the forces that created him

Man is but a foundling in the cosmos, abandoned by the forces that created him

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their...

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you...

If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you...

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

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.

The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute...

The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute...

It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he...

It is not so very important for a person to learn facts. For that he...

There have been too many books in which some young man is looking forward, backward...

There have been too many books in which some young man is looking forward, backward...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe...

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe...

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn...

I keep to old books, for they teach me something; from the new I learn...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

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...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am...

I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am...