“Scholars are those who have read in books, but thinkers, men of genius, world-enlighteners, and reformers of the human race are those who have read directly in the book of the world.”
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
“The world is a book, and those who don't travel only read one page.”
“It may be whispered to those uninitiated people who are anxious to know the habits and make the acquaintance of men of letters, that there are no race of people who talk about books, or, perhaps, who read books, so little as literary men.”
“Those who don't read good books have no advantage over those who can't.”