Quotes by Traherne, Thomas

Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho other >>

To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love >>

A little grit in the eye destroyeth the sight of the very heavens, and >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all t >>

Learning to read has been reduced to a process of mastering a series o >>

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. >>

An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It is capable of all things, but containeth nothing. I have a mind to fill this with profitable wonders.

Traherne, Thomas