Who was it who said, ‘I hold the buying of more books than one can peradventure read, as nothing less than the soul’s reaching towards infinity; which is the only thing that raises us above the beasts that perish.’? Whoever it was, I agree with him.
A. Edward Newton
A. Edward Newton
The selection of a
The selection of a book-plate is such a serious matter.
A. Edward Newton
My depth of purse
My depth of purse is not so great
Nor yet my bibliophilic greed,
That merely buying doth elate:
The books I buy I like to read:
Still e’en when dawdling in a mead,
Beneath a cloudless summer sky,
By bank of Thames, or Tyne, or Tweed,
The books I read — I like to buy.
A. Edward Newton
Gilbert White discovered the
Gilbert White discovered the formula for complete happiness, but he died before making the announcement, leaving it for me to do so. It is to be very busy with the unimportant.
A. Edward Newton
As life tends to
As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books.
A. Edward Newton
The buying of more
The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity.
A. Edward Newton