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”A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.” — Samuel Johnson

I’m sure there are many other excellent quotations on the virtues of reading. Share, please?

I am usually wary of any quotations attributed to Groucho Marx but, as far as I have been able to find out, this one, give or take a word choice, seems genuine.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book

“I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.” Woody Allen

“La lecture nous donne des amis inconnus… " - Honoré de Balzac
Reading brings us unknown friends…

"We read to know that we are not alone."
C.S. Lewis

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go." Dr. Seuss

How true.

“The man who does not read has no advantage over a man who cannot read” – Mark Twain

Lord Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet: Words, words, words.

"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
~ Ernest Hemingway