10 Short Quotes about Books

1. This paperback is very interesting, but I find it will never replace a hardcover book - it makes a very poor doorstop. ~ Alfred Hitchcock

2. The covers of this book are too far apart. ~ Ambrose Bierce

3. Wear the old coat and buy the new book. ~ Austin Phelps

4. Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. ~ Charles W. Eliot

5. A room without books is like a body without a soul. ~ Cicero

6. A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. ~ G. K. Chesterton

7. I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. ~ Groucho Marx

8. Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? ~ Henry Ward Beecher

9. Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~ Mark Twain

10. The multitude of books is making us ignorant. ~ Voltaire