Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Richard Steele
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man;
and writing an exact man.
Francis Bacon
Les livres cadrent mal avec le mariage.
(Reading and marriage don't go well together.)
Moliere
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading;
in order to write, a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson
The reading of good books is like a conversation with the best men of past centuries—in fact like a prepared conversation, in which they reveal only the best of their thoughts.
Rene Descartes
Samuel Johnson
The reading of good books is like a conversation with the best men of past centuries—in fact like a prepared conversation, in which they reveal only the best of their thoughts.
Rene Descartes
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
Logan Pearsall Smith
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I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Groucho Marx
Poetry is not the most important thing in life…
I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading
Agatha Christie and sucking sweets.
Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas
If you have a favorite quote about reading, we'd love to hear it. Please add it to comments.
You already have my favorite-Logan Pearsall Smith's. I decided to look him up. Wikipedia says he was an American-born essayist and critic, and a notable writer on historical semantics. So now you know.
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