Quotes by : Richard de Bury

Books appear to be the most immediate instruments of speculative delight.

In books I meet the dead as if they were alive,in books I see what is yet to come...All things decay....

[A]ll who are smitten with the love of books think cheaply of the world and wealth; as Jerome says to....

In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs....