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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

“If we are imprisoned in ourselves, books provide us with the means of escape. If we have run too far away from ourselves, books show us the way back.”

Reading Freedom Books Escape Joy Of Reading

Author:Holbrook Jackson

“The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness.”

Art Joy Night Reading Hours Sorrow Illness Healthcare Inclination Appointments Night Time

Book:The Anatomy of Bibliomania

Source: The Anatomy of Bibliomania

“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

“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

“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

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

Book Reading Grows

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

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