What did Margaret Deland mean by: Books are like sapphires; they must be polished – polished! or else you insult your readers. - Margaret Deland Author · USA Copy
+ It is useless to deny that, unless one has a genius for imparting knowledge, teaching is a drudgery. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Genius, Teaching, Useless, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ When one promise jostles another, one of ’em isn’t a promise. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Ems, Promise, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Alive, Desire, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ I’ve always thought the law ought to put on spectacles, it has mighty poor eyesight once in a while. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Law, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ Grief is the price Love pays for being in the same world with Death. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Grief, Pay, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ men love their wives not because of their virtues, but in spite of them. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Virtue, Wife, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ I have heard that a man might be his own lawyer, but you can’t be your own judge. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Judging, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
+ I have no faith in a human critter who hasn’t one or two bad habits. Feraz Zeid, January 2, 2024January 10, 2024, Margaret Deland, Habit, 0 - Margaret Deland Author · USA
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
