Quotes by Richard De Bury

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

“In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth; from books come forth the laws of peace.All things are corrupted and decay...”

“[A]ll who are smitten with the love of books think cheaply of the world and wealth; as Jerome says to Vigilantius: The same man cannot love both gold and books... The hideousness of vice is greatly...”

“In books I meet the dead as if they were alive,in books I see what is yet to come...All things decay and pass with time...all fame would fall victim to oblivionif God had not given mortal men the b...”

“All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.”

“All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.”