1
“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
2
“We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.” — Philip Pullman
3
“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” — Oscar Wilde
4
“The books that help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.“ — Pablo Neruda
5
“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.“ — Albert Einstein
6
“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.“ — John Locke
7
“A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting.“ — Henry David Thoreau
8
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few are to be chewed and digested.” — Francis Bacon
9
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” — George R.R. Martin
10
“The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy.” — Gustave Flaubert
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I think the last one is my favorite. ‘Literature as a perpetual orgy’… I wonder what women have to say about reading 🙂
9 is my fav here.
3 and 7 are definitely my favourites. I seriously love anything Oscar Wilde.
Number 9 definitely….I’ve been a murderer, a nanny, a goatherd, a submariner, a prostitute, a ringleader of thieves, a giant, a dwarf, a hobbit, a wizard…and rarely ever myself which can be an awesome bonus at times.x
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#6 is my favorite
I like the first one😀
Very very interesting. Thank you
These are great, and I love Pullman’s, but I admit that Einstein had a good point, and Thoreau probably explained it well. Reading moves us toward creating and doing. But anything can be used as a distraction from the glory of living life. Very interesting. Thanks! In this Buzzfeed culture it’s rare to find a list of 10 anythings that are actually thought provoking.
Numbers one and eight.
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Thoreau said it best!
9 has always been my favorite, but it’s the first time I saw quote 1 and I loved it too
I could probably make a case for each being my favorite, but my gut, my instinct is Ocsar Wilde’s. I can’t count the times when, out of the blue, I’ve cited a quote I’ve read to explain an experience in my day to day life.
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To those who don’t find any use in reading
I couldn’t read past 5. I could not decipher what Albert Einstein wanted to say. “reading diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits.” What does it mean?
I have always believed in the quote – “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads live only once.
I can never remember quotes about reading, but they have shaped my thoughts on it.
These are excellent !
No. 9. It reminds of a similar quote- Cowards die many times before their death.The valiant never taste of death but once.
Oscar Wilde all the way!!
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Forever in love with quotes of any kind, but these are the best kind.
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I love Wilde’s first and Locke’s second. Love.
These are great but love No 3.
These are awesome it hard to decide which one I liked the best.
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