Holbrook Jackson
Holbrook Jackson
George Holbrook Jacksonwas a British journalist, writer and publisher. He was recognised as one of the leading bibliophiles of his time...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
book grows
The newest books are those that never grow old.
book reading drunk
A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement.
book joy forever
Book-love, I say again, lasts throughout life, it never flags or fails, but, like Beauty itself, is a joy forever.
book reading exercise
Past and present, it is all the same, books are necromancers, they exercise an influence more varied, more lasting, than any magic known to man.
children hate book
Education begins by teaching children to read and ends by making most of them hate reading.
book obscenity prove
History proves there is no better advertisement for a book than to condemn it for obscenity.
book writing great-book
Great books conserve time.
book rooms reader
The better the book the more room for the reader.
book home air
A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with "a sort of greedy enjoyment," as Marcel Proust said of those rooms of his old home whose air was "saturated with the bouquet of silence."
reading book ends
The end of reading is not more books but more life.
inspirational motivational book
Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.
mind censorship-in-books generations
Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.
book jealous soul
Books are never out of humour; never envious or jealous, they answer all questions with readiness; ... they teach us how to live and how to die; they dispel melancholy by their mirth, and amuse by their wit; they prepare the soul to suffer everything and desire nothing; they introduce us to ourselves.
reading book worth-reading
Books worth reading are worth re-reading.