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    "One is taught to refrain from irony, because mankind does tend to take it literally." Zuleika Dobson True, unfortunately, tho...

  "The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet". Aristotle Education can be fun, but in the end, it really has to be...

"And if anyone objects that they are not worth all that effort, I will cite Cioran (not a classic, at least not yet, but a contemporary...

"Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, th...

"I can live without television, but not without books." Elke Heidenreich , German writer and cabaret artist I would definitely cla...

"When I'm feeling unwell, I don't go to the pharmacy, but to my bookseller." Philippe Dijan That's a good advice!!! ...

"Every reading of a classic is in fact a rereading." Italo Calvino in " Why Read the Classics? "  Somehow, he is correct...

I came across some quotes about being woke lately. And since I am a proud " Wokonian ", I just had to put them all together. In mo...

"To hear the classics as a distant echo…" Italo Calvino in " Why Read the Classics? " That's a good allegory. As if ...

"There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion." Umberto Eco L...

"Questions are places in your mind where answers fit. If you haven't asked the question, the answer has nowhere to go." Clay C...

"It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they w...

"It is the artist's job to create sunshine when there is none." Romain Rolland,   Nobel Prize in Literature 1915 And it always...

Some political quotes I picked up lately and want to share. I guess, if you are Republican I have to warn you, this could wake you up. ...

"The more languages you have, the more worlds you belong to." Marta Dzuirosz So true. It goes with another quote that you get a ne...

Quotes about the all important history: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana. (1863-1...

"From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that yo...

     "Books are flying carpets into the realm of fantasy." James Daniel I like that allegory. "If you are depressed you are ...

     "To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge." Nicolaus ...

     "Speak the truth in a million voices. It is silence that kills!" St. Catherine of Siena It's always best to stick to the ...