Books

"Television has raised writing to a new low." ~~ Samuel Goldwyn

Filed under: Books, Humor, Samuel Goldwyn, Television

"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. " ~~ Henry Youngman

Filed under: Books, Food and Drink, Health and Medicine, Henry Youngman, Humor

"Many pens are broken, and seas of ink consumed, to descibe things that never happened." ~~ Midrash Tanchuma

Filed under: Books, History, Midrash

"There is no book that has not something bad in it, none that has not something good." ~~ Traditional Proverb

Filed under: Books, Traditional Proverb

"The best minister is the human heart; the best teacher is time; the best book is the world; the best friend is God." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

Filed under: Books, Education, Friendship, Wisdom, Yiddish Proverb

"A people's only national literature is the one written in its national language." ~~ Achad Ha'am

Filed under: Achad Ha'am, Books, Israel

"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. " ~~ Albert Einstein

Filed under: Albert Einstein, Books, Humor

"When the kingdom of words ends, the kingdom of silence begins." ~~ Avraham Chen

Filed under: Avraham Chen, Books, Wisdom

"Spend your money on expensive books and you will get their worth in golden knowledge." ~~ Ben Shlomo Immanuel

Filed under: Ben Shlomo Immanuel, Books, Knowledge

"The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. " ~~ Benjamin Disraeli

Filed under: Benjamin Disraeli, Books

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