The Anatomy of Bibliomania
A source page for quotes linked to Holbrook Jackson.
“Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it.”
“The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich.”
“Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.”
“History proves there is no better advertisement for a book than to condemn it for obscenity.”
“Your readiest desire is your path to joy... even if it destroys you.”
“Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.”
“Education begins by teaching children to read and ends by making most of them hate reading.”
“The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary.”
“The great revolution of the future will be Nature's revolt against man.”