Famous, cool,
inspirational, funny,
love, life, great and other
quotes from movies,
books, bible and
more

Main Menu

Find Quote

Calendar

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.

Thursday
Oct 16, 2025

Quotes: 53419
Authors: 9969

Selected Quote

Quote Author: Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

(1817-1862)

Other Henry David Thoreau Quotes