It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead. —Dame Rose Macaulay More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from Dame Rose Macaulay He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays - cynical, but hopeful. —Dame Rose Macaulay More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived. —Dame Rose Macaulay More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them. —Dame Rose Macaulay More about this quote Tags: delusion silence conversation talking better Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays - cynical, but hopeful. —Dame Rose Macaulay More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived. —Dame Rose Macaulay More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them. —Dame Rose Macaulay More about this quote Tags: delusion silence conversation talking better Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “books” A room without books is like a body without a soul. —Cicero More about this quote Tags: learning knowledge soul books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love. —Christopher Morley More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email 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 More about this quote Tags: friends wisdom books teachers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage. —Charles De Secondat More about this quote Tags: reading peace books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A room without books is like a body without a soul. —Cicero More about this quote Tags: learning knowledge soul books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love. —Christopher Morley More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
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 More about this quote Tags: friends wisdom books teachers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage. —Charles De Secondat More about this quote Tags: reading peace books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email