Quote by Joseph Brodsky
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not read

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

Other quotes by Joseph Brodsky

It would be enough for me to have the system of a jury of twelve versus the system of one judge as a basis for preferring the U.S. to the Soviet Union. I would prefer the country you can leave to the country you cannot. – Joseph Brodsky

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Exile
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What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness. – Joseph Brodsky

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Beauty
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What the candystore was to other kids, the bookstore was to me. The library was my vacation. – Terri Guillemets, “Young bookworm,” 1998

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Books

Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled “This could change your life.” – Helen Exley

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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

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Books

Bread of flour is good; but there is bread, sweet as honey, if we would eat it, in a good book. – John Ruskin

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Books

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Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much. – Oscar Wilde

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