Logo
There are certain books in the world which every searcher for trut

There are certain books in the world which every searcher for truth must know: the Bible, the Critique of Pure Reason, the Origin of Species, and Karl Marxs Capital. – W. E. B. Du Bois

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Books
category

There is reading, and there is reading. Reading as a means to an end, for information, to cultivate oneself; reading as an end in itself, a process, a compulsion. – Sven Birkerts (b.1951), “Notes from a Confession,” The Agni Review, No.22 (1985)

Category:
Books

Books are a uniquely portable magic. – Stephen King

Category:
Books

There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book; books are well written or badly written. – Oscar Wilde, Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

Category:
Books

English literature is a kind of training in social ethics. English trains you to handle a body of information in a way that is conducive to action. – Marilyn Butler

Category:
Books

Random Quotes

I dont let it bother me too much if someone doesnt like me. I just figure theres no accounting for taste. Its not me, its my acting. Its like if someone doesnt like someones food, they just dont like my acting. – Anna Chlumsky

Category:
Food

A good husband makes a good wife. – John Florio

Category:
good

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life – that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment – that would be the perfect state. – Cate Blanchett

Category:
great

One thing is certain: the time will come when the opinions of priests and doctors must give way to the science of life; for their opinions lead to death and misery, and the science of life is health and happiness. – Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, March 1861

Category:
Health