Samuel Butler's Quote - The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not rea

Quote by Samuel Butler

The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not rea

The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. – Samuel Butler

Other quotes by Samuel Butler

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. – Samuel Butler

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There is no such source of error as the pursuit of truth. – Samuel Butler

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Life is not an exact science, it is an art. – Samuel Butler

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Book lovers never go to bed alone. – Author unknown

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The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible. – Hugh Blair

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For friends… do but look upon good Books: they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble. – Francis Bacon

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Through all of my youth these books were my companions, and now, as I write these lines, after sixty years, they still look down upon me with their old friendliness. – James L. Whitney, “Reminiscences of an Old Librarian,” November 1909

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