“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
Gustave Flaubert
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“Better to work for yourself alone. You do as you like and follow your own ideas, you admire yourself and please yourself: isn’t that the main thing? And then the public is so stupid. Besides, who reads? And what do they read? And what do they admire?”
Gustave Flaubert
“Read in order to live.”
Gustave Flaubert
“Reading a book is something you do to yourself.”
Last Man Standing
“Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to read.”
Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
Voltaire