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

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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. – Samuel Butler

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When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence. – Samuel Butler

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A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with “a sort of greedy enjoyment,” as Marcel Proust said of those rooms of his old home whose air was “saturated with the bouquet of silence.” – Holbrook Jackson

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From my point of view, a book is a literary prescription put up for the benefit of someone who needs it. – S.M. Crothers

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The naturalistic literature of this country has reached such a state that no family of characters is considered true to life which does not include at least two hypochondriacs, one sadist, and one old man who spills food down the front of his vest. – Robert Benchley

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There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. – Joseph Brodsky

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