Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nons

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.

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An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

There is no education like adversity.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Like all great travellers I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.

The biggest seller is cookbooks, and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.

You have to be a speedy reader because there’s so so much to read.

You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book.

You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.