Literature Quotes

Books change lives. Authors and readers reflect on the power of the written word.

12844 quotes

T
"Literature mirrors the soul of civilization."
Titus
T
"Literature preserves the truths that facts cannot capture."
Titus
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies."
Caligula
"It is in reading that all the world's great leaders found inspiration."
Caligula
"Literature immortalizes the human spirit."
Tiberius
C
"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages for the enlightenment of future generations."
Claudius
"Literature should glorify the emperor or be burned."
Caligula
T
"Literature preserves the voice of humanity across the ages."
Titus
"Literature captures what life cannot fully contain."
Nero
"Literature is the immortal voice of humanity."
Nero
"Literature preserves the truth that politics often conceals."
Vespasian
D
"The literature of a nation reflects the mind of its ruler."
Domitian
"I prefer the company of books to the company of flatterers."
Tiberius
"Literature is the lies we tell ourselves to feel alive."
Caligula
C
"The written word endures longer than stone or bronze."
Claudius
"Literature is the most beautiful of all the arts."
Nero
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
Augustus
"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."
Augustus
C
"I have always preferred the company of books to that of shallow people."
Cleopatra VII
"Literature is the immortality that lesser mortals seek through temples."
Caligula
"Literature preserves the voices of those long departed from this world."
Caligula
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
Mark Antony
C
"Literature immortalizes the human experience."
Claudius
M
"The pen is mightier than the sword in shaping minds."
Marcus Brutus
P
"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."
Pompey
P
"Literature gives voice to the voiceless."
Pompey
"The written word can lie, but the sword never speaks false."
Caligula
H
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies."
Hannibal
"The pen can be mightier than the sword when wielded by a brilliant mind."
Mark Antony
"Literature preserves the wisdom of ages for future generations."
Mark Antony