Great Quotes on Books

 Books are the legacy of the great. They are a source of eternal inspiration and motivation to men and women of all ages. When men leaves you, books to stay. All great men had acknowledged the priority of books and spoke about the need of book. A collection of some of the rare quotes on books can be found here. Unique, thought provoking and a must real quotes for all.

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves
To mankind, which are delivered down from
Generation to generation, as presents to
The posterity of those who are yet unborn.
                                                                       ~Addison

That is a good book which is opened with exceptation
And closed with profit.
                                                                       ~Alcot

Some books are ro be tasted, others to be swallowed,
And some few to be chewed and digested.
                                                                     ~Bacon

Worthy books are not companions, they are
Solitudes; We lose ourselves in them,
And all our cares.

Without books God is silent, justice dormant,
Nature science at a standstill
Philosophy lame, letters dumb
And all this involved
In cimmerian darkness.
                                                                  ~Bartholini

It is with books as with men: a very small number
Play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude.
                                                                  ~Voltaire

I love my book as drinkers love the wine;
The more I drink, the more they seem divine.
                                                                  ~Bennoch

If we work upon marble,it will perish;
If we work upon brass, time will efface it;
If we rear temples, they will crumble into dust;
But if we work upon immortant minds,
If we imbue them with principles,
With the just, fear of God and love of our fellowmen
we engrave on those tablets something
Which will brighten to all eternity.


Books are the comass and telescopes and
Sextants and charts whch other men have
Prepared to help us navigate the dangerous
Seas of human life.
                                                                    ~Bennett

Books are those powerful mirrors that reflect to
Our mind, the minds of sages and heroes.


Books are the quietest and most constant of friends;
They are the most accessible and wisest friends of
Counsellors and most patient of teachers.
                                                                    ~Eliot