Georg C. Lichtenberg Quotes About Reading
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Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism.
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Reading means borrowing.
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A vacuum of ideas affects people differently than a vacuum of air, otherwise readers of books would be constantly collapsing.
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Do we write books so that they shall merely be read? Don't we also write them for employment in the household? For one that is read from start to finish, thousands are leafed through, other thousands lie motionless, others are jammed against mouseholes, thrown at rats, others are stood on, sat on, drummed on, have gingerbread baked on them or are used to light pipes.
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To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.
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Some people read only because they are too lazy to think.
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