Famous quotes containing the word books:
“I do not hesitate to read ... all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatableany real insight or broad human sentiment.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Translate a book a dozen times from one language to another, and what becomes of its style? Most books would be worn out and disappear in this ordeal. The pen which wrote it is soon destroyed, but the poem survives.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“My main wish is to get my books into other peoples rooms, and to keep other peoples books out of mine.”
—Samuel Butler (18351902)
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