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The Illustrated Book of Sayings: Curious Expressions from Around the World

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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.”– Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it. – Oscar Wilde 26 However, sometimes the dogs would lose the scent and select the wrong tree. They would still bark for their masters.

If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. – Haruki Murakami A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. – Gilbert K. Chesterton 18 Books and reading are more than just hobbies — they’re gateways to other worlds, a form of travel while staying in place, and a catalyst for personal and social transformation. Real meaning: In Ancient Greece, laurel leaves were associated with high status and achievement. As a matter of fact, athletes were presented with wreaths made from laurel leaves to denote their prestige.These sayings will be familiar to individuals who grew up speaking in English. If you’re thinking about using these expressions during a conversation, then make sure you understand their meaning. So then, let’s go over several popular sayings and expressions that potentially have some wisdom to share: Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett

Think of this – that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other.”– A.S. Byatt in Possession There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. – Gilbert K. Chesterton 19 Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people’s ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.” There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book. – Marcel Proust 28 A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”Real meaning: Naval commander Horatio Nelson is a hero in British history, but even he had his foibles. During one particular battle, his ships were sent to battle a huge combined fleet from Norway and Denmark. When an officer suggested that they withdraw, according to legend, Nelson held the telescope up to his blind eye and said:

Prominent figures and authors have spoken on the impact reading has had on their lives, shaping them into the changemakers they are today. If you believe there are great quotes that should be added to the list, don’t hesitate to reach us on social media with your recommendations. Thanks! 50 best quotes about books and reading 1We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”– Neil Gaiman in Coraline(print by Aenaon Art Work) If you stop to think about it, you’ll have to admit that all the stories in the world consist essentially of twenty-six letters. The letters are always the same, only the arrangement varies. From letters words are formed, from words sentences, from sentences chapters, and from chapters stories.”– Michael Ende in The Neverending Story I divide all readers into two classes; those who read to remember and those who read to forget. – William Lyon Phelps 49

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Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I’ll have a long beard by the time I read them.” Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books.”– Ursula K. Le Guin

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