Now, hey, remember, not all learning comes out of books.
Definition of a classic — something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
Qui discit sine libro, is aquam haurit cribro
Books are friends; books are teachers.
Libri amici, libri magistri.
— It did take him ten years to write.
— Maybe it just takes another ten to read.
The watches kill time as the books read,
Inadvertently we bleed,
Fighting for what we deceive...
Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.