Normally these post of quotes are connected by either the author or from the same book but in this case the quotes are all on one topic. Still, with this post they are all quotes on reading.
With each quote from a different people ranging from the poet Lord Byron actor Lena Dunham, and playwright Moliere amongst others.
great quotes on reading
One of Edwards mistresses was Jane Shore, who has had a play written about her, but it is a tragedy therefore not worth reading.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) English Novelist
Reading brings us unknown friends
Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) French novelist
You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them
Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) American author
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
Joseph Brodsky (1940-96) poet
The reading or the none-reading of a book – will never keep down a single petticoat
Lord Byron (1788-1824), English poet
There is an art to reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.
Isaac D’Israeli (1766-1848), British literary historian
Reading one book is like eating one potato chip
Diana Duane (1952- ) American author
Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading
Lena Dunham (1986- ) American actress
The greatest part of a writers time is spent reading, in order to write, a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson (1709-84), English poet, critic and lexicographer
War makes rattling good history; but peace is poor reading
Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) English novelist and poet
No. I can survive well enough on my own—if given the proper reading material
Sarah J. Maas (1986- ) American author
Reading and marriage don’t go well together
Moliere (1622-1673), French comic playwright
Reading isn’t an occupation we encourage among police officers. We try to keep the paper work down to a minimum.
Joe Orton (1933-1967), English playwright
Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary
Jim Rohn (1930-2009) writer, motivational speaker
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading
Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1946) American-British essayist
I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I’m like that. If I stop reading, I die
Patrick Rothfuss (1973-) American writer
It [education] has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading, an easy prey to sensation and cheap appeals.
Trevelyan (1876-1962), English Historian
I wish there was as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing
Francis Quarles (1592-1644), English poet
People say that life is the thing, but I prefer Reading
Langdon Smith (1858-1908)
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body
Sir Richard Steel (1672-1729) Irish-born essayist and playwright
They were 21 Great Quotes on Reading, was your favourite amongst them, if not tell use what is your favourite quote by this great writer.
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