Books delight us when prosperity smiles upon us; they comfort us inseparably when stormy fortune frowns on us.
Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep… - Richard De Bury
Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep…
- Richard De Bury
You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles of the most wicked are destroyed; fruitf… - Richard De Bury
You, O Books, are the golden vessels of the temple, the arms of the clerical militia with which the missiles of the most wicked are destroyed; fruitf…
Let us consider how great a commodity of doctrine exists in books; how easily, how secretly, how safely they expose the nakedness of human ignorance … - Richard De Bury
Let us consider how great a commodity of doctrine exists in books; how easily, how secretly, how safely they expose the nakedness of human ignorance …
A library of wisdom, then, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. - Richard De Bury
A library of wisdom, then, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it.
In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth; from books come forth the … - Richard De Bury
In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth; from books come forth the …
Books appear to be the most immediate instruments of speculative delight. - Richard De Bury
Books appear to be the most immediate instruments of speculative delight.
The library...of wisdom is more precious than all riches, and nothing that can be wished for is worthy to be compared with it. Whosoever therefore ac… - Richard De Bury
The library...of wisdom is more precious than all riches, and nothing that can be wished for is worthy to be compared with it. Whosoever therefore ac…
Books alone are liberal and free; they give to all who ask; they emancipate all who serve them faithfully. - Richard De Bury
Books alone are liberal and free; they give to all who ask; they emancipate all who serve them faithfully.
All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books. - Richard De Bury
All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.
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