If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because they are necessarily better but because they contain precisely those truths of which our own age is neglectful.


C.S. Lewis: essay collection and other short pieces (ed. Fount, 2000)

C. S. Lewis Quotes

If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because they are necessarily better but because...

If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because they are necessarily better but because...

If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because they are necessarily better but because...

If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because they are necessarily better but because...