The wise man reads both books and life itself. The universe is one big book, and life is one big school.
Lin Yutang, in "Lin Yutang The Importance Of Living" ( 1937 http://www.archive.org/stream/linyutangtheimpo008763mbp/linyutangtheimpo008763mbp_djvu.txt)
The Importance of Living (1937)
“O povo não lê nada. O povo trabalha seis dias por semana e no sétimo vai ao prostíbulo.”
Le peuple ne lit point, il travaille six jours de la semaine et va le septième au cabaret.
Dictionnaire philosophique, portatif - Volume 1 - página 16 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=BDUHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP16, Voltaire - 1767
Em entrevista à revista Caros Amigos número 31 - outubro de 1999
Reading, in contrast to sitting before the screen, is not a purely passive exercise. The child, particularly one who reads a book dealing with real life, has nothing before it but the hieroglyphics of the printed page. Imagination must do the rest; and imagination is called upon to do it. Not so the television screen. Here everything is spelled out for the viewer, visually, in motion, and in all three dimensions. No effort of imagination is called upon for its enjoyment.
Citado no artigo “American Addictions” no New Oxford Review (Junho 1993)
