Quotes About Reading

(Librarians…books…literature)

A book lover never goes to sleep alone.

A good book is a good friend.

A good book is like an old friend.

Condense soups, not books !!

Curl up with a good book….

(I saw this on a sign depicting a cat sleeping on a stack of books…)

Give me a bed and a book and I am happy !

(Logan Pearsall Smith)
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I find television very educating.

Every time somebody turns on the set,

I go into the other room and read a book.

(Groucho Marx)
~~~If you can read this, thank a teacher;

since it’s English, thank a soldier!
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In the highest civilization….the book is still the highest delight!

(Ralph Waldo Emerson –1876)
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LIBRARIANS:  Expert guide to the world of knowledge.

A library is the heart of knowledge.  Librarians and books naturally go together.
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Librarians are novel people.

Librarians are shelf-employed !

Life is the reflection of literature…

(Wallace Stevens –1957)

Never judge a book by its cover.
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Outside of a dog,

a book is man’s best friend.

Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.

(Groucho Marx)
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Reading is to the mind….what exercise is to the body.

Reading teachers do it between the covers.

Take time to read…..it is the fountain of wisdom.
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The man who does not read

has no advantage over

the man who cannot read.

(Mark Twain)
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The true University of these days

is a collection of books.

(Thomas Carlyle  1795-1881)

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