Jean de la Bruyere Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• To make a book is as much a trade as to make a clock; something more than intelligence is required to become an author.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Book, Reading, Clock

• When a book raises your spirit, and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good, and made by a good workman.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Book, Reading, Inspire

• There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Stupid, Book, Reading

  "The "Characters" of Jean de la Bruyère". Book by Jean de La Bruyère. Translated by Henri Van Laun, 1885.

• A man starts upon a sudden, takes Pen, Ink, and Paper, and without ever having had a thought of it before, resolves within himself he will write a Book; he has no Talent at Writing, but he wants fifty Guineas.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Book, Writing, Men

  "The Characters or Manners of the Present Age". Book by Jean de La Bruyère, Nicholas Rowe, Chapter XV, 1688.

• Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Book, Needs, Crafts

  "Of Books". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

• When what you read elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations, look for no other rule by which to judge a book; it is good, and is the work of a master-hand.

  Jean de la Bruyere

  Book, Hands, Judging

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