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1625·London, England
Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
Age appears to be best in four things: old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.
Seneca·65 ADIn reading of many books is distraction. Accordingly, since you cannot read all the books which you may possess, it is enough to possess only as many books as you can read.
Ralph Waldo Emerson·1837Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the right use? What is the one end, which all means go to effect? They are for nothing but to inspire.
Arthur Schopenhauer·1851Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
