A Teacher's Treasury of Quotations

A library is thought in cold storage - Herbert Samuel; ""A man's library is a sort of harem, and tender readers have a great prudency in showing their books to a stranger"" - Ralph Waldo Emerson; ""A circulating library in a town is, as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge!"" - Richard Brinsley Sheridan. This is a sampling of quotes under Libraries, one of over 450 topics. These quotes and anecdotes represent many countries, cultures and periods of history: 4,600+ profound, provocative or witty education-related utterances, some of historical interest, others insightful into today's world - most by noneducators - alphabetical by topic (from Ability to Zeal).