All the historical books which contain no lies are extremely tedious

We live too much in books and not enough in nature, and we are very much like the simpleton of a Pliny the Younger, who went on studying a Greek author while before his eyes Vesuvius was overwhelming five cities beneath the ashes

Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent to me

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.