Holbrook Jackson Quotes

• La felicidad es una forma de coraje.

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  Motivacional, Felicidad, Feliz

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• Merece la pena releer los libros que merecen la pena.

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  Libro, Lectura, Escritura

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• Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.

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  Men, Self, Sorrow

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• Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance?

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  Funny, Mistake, Ignorance

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• Genius is initiative on fire.

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  Fire, Genius, Initiative

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• Nunca dejes para mañana el libro que puedes leer hoy.

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  Inspiración, Motivación, Libro

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• Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.

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  Mind, Censorship In Books, Generations

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• Tu biblioteca es tu retrato.

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  Writing, Library, Portraits

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• Originality is only variation.

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  Variation, Originality

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• There are only two classes in society: those who get more than they earn, and those who earn more than they get.

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  Clase, Dos, Sociedad

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• Be contented, when you have got all you want.

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  Desea

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• History proves there is no better advertisement for a book than to condemn it for obscenity.

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  Book, Obscenity, Prove

  Holbrook Jackson (1932). “The Fear of Books”, p.34, University of Illinois Press

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• El momento de leer es cualquier momento: no es necesario ningún aparato, ninguna cita de tiempo y lugar. Es el único arte que puede practicarse a cualquier hora del día o de la noche, siempre que surja el momento y la inclinación, ese es tu momento para leer; en la alegría o en la tristeza, en la salud o en la enfermedad.

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  Arte, Lectura, Noche

  Holbrook Jackson (1950). "The Anatomy of Bibliomania", p.232, University of Illinois Press

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• Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.

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  Habit, Undoing

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• The great revolution of the future will be Nature's revolt against man.

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  Men, Revolution, Revolt

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• Books are never out of humour; never envious or jealous, they answer all questions with readiness; ... they teach us how to live and how to die; they dispel melancholy by their mirth, and amuse by their wit; they prepare the soul to suffer everything and desire nothing; they introduce us to ourselves.

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  Book, Jealous, Soul

  Holbrook Jackson (1950). “The Anatomy of Bibliomania”, p.85, University of Illinois Press

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• Great books conserve time.

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  Libro, Escritura, Gran Libro

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• Sacrifice is a form of bargaining.

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  Sacrifice, Form, Bargaining

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• Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.

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  Scholarship, Pedantry

  'Anatomy of Bibliomania' (1930) vol. 1, p. 150

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• The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary.

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  Night Time, Appointments

  Holbrook Jackson (1950). "The Anatomy of Bibliomania", p.232, University of Illinois Press

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• People who want to be amused have lost the art of living.

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  Arte, Personas, Quieren

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• Love is the most subtle form of self-interest.

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  Love, Self, Subtle

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• Ningún hombre es lo suficientemente mayor para saberlo.

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  Men, Age, 30th Birthday

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• La posesión de muchas cosas, incluso de las mejores, tiende a cegar a uno ante el valor real de cualquier cosa.

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  Real, Blind, Great Men

  Holbrook Jackson (1912). “All Manner of Folk: Interpretations and Studies”, p.31, Ardent Media

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• Pasado y presente, todo es lo mismo, los libros son nigromantes, ejercen una influencia más variada, más duradera, que cualquier magia conocida por el hombre.

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  Libro, Lectura, Ejercicio

  Holbrook Jackson (1950). "The Anatomy of Bibliomania", p.315, University of Illinois Press

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