...I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for that knowledge which... comes to others through their eyes and their ears.... books have meant so much more in my education than in that of others ...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse... of my book-friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Many scholars forget ... that our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon... our understanding. ... very few of their laborious explanations stick in the memory. The mind drops them as a branch drops its overripe fruit.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning can make it s...o.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Late late yestreen I saw the new moone, Wi the auld moone in hir arme,... And I feir, I feir, my deir master, That we will cum to harme.'LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »