Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.
Oh, foolish pursuits of mortals! How weak are the reasons that lead us not to lift our flight from the Earth!
Reading provides the mind with only materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read our own.
To love the truth for the sake of truth is the main part of human perfection in this world, and the main seed of all other virtues.
Reading provides the mind with important material of knowledge. And it allows us to think about how to make what we read become our own.
I do not live off what the world thinks of me, but off what I think of myself.