Books — the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity. – George Steiner Category: Books
Far more seemly were it for thee to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money. – John Lyly Category: Books
In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation. – Stéphane Mallarmé Category: Books
I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking of it not as a gallery of living portraits but as a cemetery of tax-deductible wealth. – Lewis H. Lapham Category: Museums, Galleries
