Gilles Menage quotes

“The reason why borrowed books are seldom returned, is that it is easier to retain books themselves than what is inside of them.”
-- Gilles Menage

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“Medicine may be defined as the art or the science of keeping a patient quiet with frivolous reasons for his illness and amusing him with remedies good or bad until nature kills him or cures him.”
-- Gilles Menage

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“A mild attack of apoplexy may be called death's retaining fee.”
-- Gilles Menage

Source : Menagiana Pt II

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“An American has invented a remote control that will turn off any telly within a 20ft radius. What a marvellous device! What a splendid invention! What a really helpful and improving way of devoting your time to building something that turns off culture. Next week, I'm instigating Burn a Book Week, to encourage even more conversation. I've come up with a fantastic little device which I'll call a box of matches.”

“My depth of purse is not so great Nor yet my bibliophilic greed, That merely buying doth elate: The books I buy I like to read: Still e'en when dawdling in a mead, Beneath a cloudless summer sky, By bank of Thames, or Tyne, or Tweed, The books I read — I like to buy.”

“As life tends to become more and more distracting, let us firmly hold on to books.”

“In very clear and available language, this book details how to recognize the inner critic and how to deal effectively with it. Byron Brown's presentation is useful for any individual who wishes to be free from the inner suffering and coercion of this ancient foe of our humanity, but it is specifically directed to those interested and engaged in the inner journey toward realization and enlightenment.”

“Books read in a public library never have the same flavour as books read in the attic or the kitchen.”

“Still, not much of a reason to live, is it? The fear of being punished for killing yourself.”

Source : A.J. Hartley, David Hewson (2014). “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Novel”, p.52

“The only reason you should be in college is to destroy it.”

“When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy stood out for two reasons.”

“The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.”

“A true disciple inquires not whether a fact is agreeable to his own reason.His pride has yielded to the divine testimony.”