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Journalist

Holbrook Jackson, born on December 31, 1874, and died in 1948, was an accomplished journalist. His career spanned various fields, including literature, politics, and social commentary.

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Famous Holbrook Jackson Quotes

“A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement.”

May Stills Book Reading Hundred Drunk Good Book

Book:The Anatomy of Bibliomania

Source: The Anatomy of Bibliomania

“Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.”

Inspirational Book Motivational Today Reading Tomorrow Reading Books Book Reading

Author:Holbrook Jackson

“History proves there is no better advertisement for a book than to condemn it for obscenity.”

Book Prove Advertisements Obscenity

Book:The Fear of Books

Source: The Fear of Books

“The end of reading is not more books but more life.”

Book Ends Reading Reading Books Literacy

Author:Holbrook Jackson

“Books worth reading are worth re-reading.”

Writing Book Reading Worth Reading

Author:Holbrook Jackson

“A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with "a sort of greedy enjoyment," as Marcel Proust said of those rooms of his old home whose air was "saturated with the bouquet of silence."”

World Said Stills Book Home Rooms Silence Pieces Air Solitude Approach Enjoyment Greedy Noisy Quietness Saturated Bouquets Proust Succulents

Book:The Anatomy of Bibliomania

Source: The Anatomy of Bibliomania

“Education begins by teaching children to read and ends by making most of them hate reading.”

Children Book Ends Hate Reading Teaching Reading Books Book Reading Teaching Children

Author:Holbrook Jackson

“Past and present, it is all the same, books are necromancers, they exercise an influence more varied, more lasting, than any magic known to man.”

Men Book Past Reading Known Magic Influence Exercise Lasting Book Reading Past And Present

Book:The Anatomy of Bibliomania

Source: The Anatomy of Bibliomania

“Books are never out of humour; never envious or jealous, they answer all questions with readiness; ... they teach us how to live and how to die; they dispel melancholy by their mirth, and amuse by their wit; they prepare the soul to suffer everything and desire nothing; they introduce us to ourselves.”

Book Soul Desire Suffering Dies Answers Teach Humour Wit Melancholy Jealous Introducing Envious Readiness Mirth

Book:The Anatomy of Bibliomania

Source: The Anatomy of Bibliomania

“Book-love, I say again, lasts throughout life, it never flags or fails, but, like Beauty itself, is a joy forever.”

Book Lasts Joy Forever Failing Flags Book Love

Book:The Anatomy of Bibliomania

Source: The Anatomy of Bibliomania

“The newest books are those that never grow old.”

Book Reading Grows

Author:Holbrook Jackson

“The better the book the more room for the reader.”

Book Rooms Reader

Author:Holbrook Jackson

“Great books conserve time.”

Writing Book Great Book

Author:Holbrook Jackson

About the Author

Born: December 31, 1874
Died: 1948
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 45

Books & Sources

The Anatomy of BibliomaniaRelated source material

All Manner of Folk: Interpretations and StudiesRelated source material

The Fear of BooksRelated source material

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