Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes About Reading
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The ground that a good man treads is hallowed.
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There are three classes of readers; some enjoy without judgment; others judge without enjoyment; and some there are who judge while they enjoy, and enjoy while they judge. The latter class reproduces the work of art on which it is engaged. Its numbers are very small.
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Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.
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Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great piece of music and reading, in part, some great book.
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The clever reader who is capable or reading between these lines what does not stand written in them but is nevertheless implied will be able to form some conception.
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The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
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