“[A]ll who are smitten with the love of books think cheaply of the world and wealth; as Jerome says to Vigilantius: The same man cannot love both gold and books... The hideousness of vice is greatly reprobated in books, so that he who loves to commune with books is lead to detest all manner of vice. The demon, who derives his name from knowledge, is most effectually defeated by the knowledge of books, and through books his multitudinous deceits and the endless labyrinths of his guile are laid bare to those who read...” ReadingBooks Author:Richard de Bury
“All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.” WorldBookWould BeReadingGloryMortalsBuriedReading BooksRemedyOblivionBook ReadingSaturn Book:Philobiblon Source: Philobiblon
“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; If you seek them, they do not hide; If you blunder, they do not scold; if you are ignorant, they do not laugh at you.” IfsBookReadingLaughingMastersApproachIgnorantBreadBlunders Author:Richard de Bury
