Show
me the books he loves and I shall know the man far
better than through mortal friends.
-- Dawn Adams
Of all
the diversions of life, there is none so proper to
fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful
and entertaining authors.
-- Joseph Addison
1672-1719, British
Essayist, Poet, Statesman
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.
-- Joseph Addison
1672-1719, British
Essayist, Poet, Statesman
In the
case of good books, the point is not how many of
them you can get through, but rather how many can
get through to you.
-- Mortimer J. Adler
1902-, American
Educator, Philosopher