A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. – Jeremy Collier Category: Books
The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. – Samuel Butler Category: Books
When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before. – Clifton Fadiman Category: Books
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. – Charles W. Eliot Category: Books
The degree of ones emotions varies inversely with ones knowledge of the facts. – Bertrand Russell Category: Knowledge
The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh. – Tom Bodett Category: Laughter
By virtually any measure, the record of the Republican Majority is an appalling failure. – Sheila Jackson Lee Category: Failure