Memorable The Library Of Alexandria Quotes

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"The Library of Alexandria was less a library than a research institute."
Matthew Battles
"When speculation has done its worst, two facts about the Library of Alexandria remain unchallenged; that for several centuries it was the unique centre of world scholarship, and that its destruction was a world catastrophe."
E.A. Parsons
"It is said that Ptolemy Soter collected all the books in the world and stored them in the library he founded at Alexandria."
Aulus Gellius
"I am Alexander, king of Macedon."
Attributed to Alexander the Great (foundation of Alexandria)
"The greatest and most important function of the Library at Alexandria was its activity as a center where books were not only collected but also produced."
Luciano Canfora
"Lost books were either copied or paraphrased and thus saved for future scholars."
Joel N. Shurkin (Referring to the Library's activities)
"Culture arises only where beliefs and convictions are alive."
José Ortega y Gasset (Reflecting the Library's cultural signif
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"A great library contains the diary of the human race."
George Dawson (Reflecting what the Library represented)
"Any nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Although unrelated directly, reflects th
"Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life."
Sidney Sheldon (Reflecting the purpose of a library)
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
Socrates (Relating to the pursuit of knowledge, pertinent to th
"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."
Marilyn vos Savant (Reflecting on the study that took place in
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go."
Dr. Seuss (Reflecting the journey that literacy provides)
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."
Marcel Proust (Relating to the ability to learn from books, as
"I cannot live without books."
Thomas Jefferson (Illustrates the importance of libraries)
"A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessities of life."
Henry Ward Beecher
"Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future."
Ray Bradbury
"The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night."
Isabel Allende
"A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library."
Shelby Foote
"The true University of these days is a Collection of Books."
Thomas Carlyle
"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers."
Charles W. Eliot
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"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand."
Neil Gaiman
"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home."
Anna Quindlen
"Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary."
Jim Rohn
"The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it."
James Bryce

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