A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. Mark Twain

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

Mark Twain

Please report abuse like copyright issues or racism here.Report content

Similar Quotes
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. Mark Twain I am a part of everything that I have read. Theodore Roosevelt
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. Samuel Johnson The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it. Carlo Goldoni
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read. Abraham Lincoln Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is to aid us in thinking. Edward Gibbon
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago. William Hazlitt A man ought to read just as inclination leads him for what he reads as a task will do him little good. Samuel Johnson
Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title. Virginia Woolf A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness. Friedrich Nietzsche

New Quotes

Single is the time when you learn to give yourself closure, confidence, and compliments. It’s not easy — but it’s the kind of strength no one can take away from you. It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else. Arthur Schopenhauer
Change is an invitation to let go of what no longer serves you and make space for what brings you joy. Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep. D. H. Lawrence
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Benjamin Franklin Nature is the antidote to the chaos of modern life.
Peace, like charity, begins at home. Franklin D. Roosevelt Advent reminds us that the extraordinary often arrives in ordinary wrapping. Pay attention; glory might be hiding in the everyday.
A cat's purr is a reminder that the simplest acts of love can have the most profound impact. 'What is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations' Lewis Carroll
More New Quotes

Popular Quotes

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. Oscar Wilde Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. Mary Shelley
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. Leonardo da Vinci Produce great men, the rest follows. Walt Whitman
The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good. Martin Luther The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom. Henry Ward Beecher
In the fight between you and the world, back the world. Franz Kafka Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense. William Penn
Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor. John Churton Collins The language of friendship is not words but meanings. Henry David Thoreau
More Popular Quotes

Let's stay in touch!

Subscribe to our Quote of the Day and get a great quote delivered to your inbox every day!

Free, no spam or ads. Unsubscribe at any time!

Per Facebook anmelden!


Share this image Close image

Follow us on Social Media:

Instagram Facebook Pinterest TwitterX
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Read More
OK