 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2007 - 554 pagine
...who dare speak of such a thing? The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, 1. 10 Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never...what you like; or, in Shakspeare's phrase, "No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; In brief, Sir, study what you most affect." Montaigne says, "Books... | |
 | 1888 - 584 pagine
...they work no redemption in us," proceeds to give three practical rules in regard to then: use : 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never...famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like. The trouble with many of us is that we take prejudices against books, as we do against people, from... | |
 | 1897 - 774 pagine
...could see his hump, he would fall down and break his neck.— Turdu. March, 1897. FROM EMEHSON. 1. Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never...famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like.- Books. The great heart will no more complain of the obstructions that make success hard, than of the... | |
 | 1918 - 594 pagine
...the best thoughts and facts. » * » The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer are (1) Never read any book that is not a year old. (2) Never...famed books. (3) Never read any but what you like. INDIANAPOLIS MEDICAL JOURNAL BOOK AND JOURNAL REVIEWS. The Difficulties and Emergencies of Obstetric... | |
 | 1872 - 162 pagine
...the spawn of the press or the gossip of the hour. * * * My three rules are these : 1. Never read a book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but...famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like." The first maxim of right reading, then, is a prohibition : Read no books but such as are worth studying.... | |
 | 1887 - 896 pagine
...Emerson, in answering this question, lays down three practical rules for reading: (i). Never read a book that is not a year old. (2;. Never read any but famed books. (3). Never read but what you like ; or in Shakespeare's famous phrase : No profit goes where is no pleasure ta'en.... | |
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Never read any book that is not a year old. 2. Never read any but famed books. 3. Never read any but what you like ; or, in Shakespeare's phrase, " No profit goes where is no pleasure ta'en : •' In brief, sir, study what you most affect. 
