Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.

John Ruskin

Sesame and Lilies

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Bad books Books

Author

John Ruskin

Source

Sesame and Lilies

Language

English

Time

1864 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Ruskin, John. "Of Kings Treasures." Sesame and Lilies. 1864, Manchester, UK.

Current Citation

Ruskin, John. Sesame and Lilies. The Works of John Ruskin, edited by Edward Tyas Cook and Alexander Wedderburn. Vol. 18, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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The vague, crepuscular time; the time of regrets that resemble hopes, of hopes that resemble regrets, when youth has passed, but old age has not yet arrived.

Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Sons

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Ivan Turgenev
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Fathers and Sons
Medium
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Time
1862 1860s 19th century
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Turgenev, Ivan. "Отцы и дети [Fathers and Sons]." The Russian Messenger, 1862.

Current Citation

Turgenev, Ivan. Fathers and Sons, translated by Richard Freeborn. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote about Books

When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.

Clifton Fadiman

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Power of literature Books

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Clifton Fadiman
Language
English
Time
1957 1950s 20th century
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Fadiman, Clifton. Any Number Can Play. The World Publishing Company, 1957.

Another quote from 1864

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Victor Hugo

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Limits of language

Author

Victor Hugo
Source
William Shakespeare
Language
French
Time
1864 1860s 19th century
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Citation

Hugo, Victor. William Shakespeare. Paris: Lacroix & Verboeckhoven & Cie, 1864, pt. 1, bk. 2, ch. 4.