Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER: | 130 |
AUTHOR: | Charles William Eliot (18341926) |
QUOTATION: | Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers. |
ATTRIBUTION: | Eliot, president of Harvard, 18691909, first read this before Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, but it was later rewritten. |
SUBJECTS: | Books |