Famous quotes containing the words meaner and/or books:
“this scythe that mows down kings
Exempts no meaner mortal things.”
—Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)
“Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine- tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. The greatest misfortune that ever befell man was the invention of printing.”
—Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)