Samuel Johnson Quote

Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.


From Sir John Hawkins's Life of Johnson, Apothegms (1787)


Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.

Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.

Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.

Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.