I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

Author: Mason Cooley

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Rereading we find a new book.

My thought has been shaped by books, my desires by pictures.

Other people's beliefs may be myths, but not mine.

City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.

To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.

I only wish that wisdom were the kind of thing that flowed... from the vessel that was full to the one that was empty.

He who would travel happily must travel light.