Reading, Denis Diderot

The number of books will grow continually, and one can predict that a time will come when it will be almost as difficult to learn anything from books as from the direct study of the whole universe. It will be almost as convenient to search for some bit of truth concealed in nature as it will be to find it hidden away in an immense multitude of bound volumes.

- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Wisdom, Book of Proverbs

On the countenance of a discerning person is wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

+ Proverbs 17, 24

[17:24] Wisdom is visible on the countenance (i.e., mouth, lips, tongue) of the wise person; its ultimate source is the heart. Fools have no such source of wisdom within them, a point that is nicely made by referring to the eye of the fool, roving over the landscape.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Bribe, Book of Proverbs

A guilty person takes out a bribe from the pocket, thus perverting the course of justice.

+ Proverbs 17, 23

[17:23] A sharp look at the sly withdrawing of a bribe from the pocket and a blunt judgment on its significance.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Heart, Book of Proverbs

A joyful heart is the health of the body, but a depressed spirit dries up the bones.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 22

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Fool, Book of Proverbs

Whoever conceives a fool has grief; the father of a numskull has no joy.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 21

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Advice, Book of Proverbs

The evildoer gives heed to wicked lips, the liar, to a mischievous tongue.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 4

http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/
http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Family, Book of Proverbs

Better a dry crust with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.

+ Book of Proverbs 17, 1

[17:1] A “better than” saying, stating the circumstances when a dry crust is better than a banquet. Peace and fellowship give joy to a meal, not the richness of the food. For a similar thought, see 15:16 and 16:8.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/
http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Book, Rachel Weisz as Evie from The Mummy (1999)

Evie: I think this may be the Book of the Dead.
Rick: The Book of the Dead? Are you sure you wanna be messing around with this thing?
Evie: It's just a book. No harm ever came from reading a book.

(wind blows eerily, as it has several times during tense conversations)

Rick: ... That happens a lot around here.

- Rachel Weisz as Evelyn "Evie" Carnahan O'Connell from The Mummy (1999)

Writing·Reading, Bell Hooks

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.

- Bell Hooks (1952- )

Writing·Reading, Andrew Lang

You can cover a great deal of country in books.

- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

Writing·Reading, Voltaire

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

- Voltaire (1694-1778)

Writing·Reading, Cicero

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

- Cicero (106 BC-43 BC)

Writing·Reading, Austin Phelps

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

- Austin Phelps (1820-1890)

Reading, Moses Hadas

This book fills a much-needed gap.

- Moses Hadas (1900-1966)

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written.

- Oscar Wilde