Interesting Proverbs on Books

• A book holds a house of gold. (China)
• It is better to be entirely without a book than to believe it entirely. (China)
• Many books do not use up words; many words do not use up thoughts. (China)
• Scholars talk books; butchers talk pigs. (China)
• If you want to be acquainted with the past and the present, you must read five cartloads of books. (China)
• One is happy when one has books, but happier still when one has no need of them. (China)
• To read a book for the first time is to make the acquaintance of a new friend; to read it a second time is to meet an old one. (China)
• The head is older than the book. (Belgium)
• Other people’s books are difficult to read. (Netherlands)
• There is no worse robber than a bad book. (Italy)
• Teachers die, but books live on. (Netherlands)
• You can’t judge a book by its cover. (U.S.)
• It is not healthy to swallow books without chewing. (Germany)
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