Horace Mann: A house without books is like a room without windows.

A house without books is like a room without windows. — Horace Mann

A house without books is like a room without windows.
Volume II, Ch. VIII, p. 176-177. — Karl Marx
Books are the gardens of scholars. — Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
The best books... are those that tell you what you know already. — George Orwell
Owen says my book will be forgotten in 10 years; perhaps so, but, with such a li — Charles Darwin
Fanaticism must be put to sleep before it can be eradicated. — Napoleon
Two elements must therefore be rooted out once for all—the fear of future suffer — Seneca
Bloody wars at first began, The artificial plague of man, That from his own inve — Samuel Butler
'Twas sung, how they were lovely in their lives, And in their deaths had not div — Thomas Campbell
In a constantly revolving circle every point is simultaneously a point of depart — Karl Marx
Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a — Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib
I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well — Mahatma Gandhi
There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion. — Lord Byron