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How Well Do You Know Your Library Quotes? [Quiz] libraryjournal.com/story/how-well
Do you know what Neil Gaiman once said about librarians? Or remember Mr Darcy’s opinion on libraries in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice? Perhaps you share Sir Francis Bacon’s taste for books?
The famous quotes about librarians, libraries, and all things bookish in our quiz have either featured in renowned novels or have been articulated by influential people throughout history. Think you’ve got what it takes to complete these quotes? Give our quiz a go and tweet us how you did at @OUPLibraries. Good luck!
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See also Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations : Sir Francis Bacon’s taste for books (pages 27-30): Extract:
"I have rather studied books than men." p. 27. source: Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations Edited by Mohamed Taher and L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994),
"But if anyone turn from the manufactories to libraries, and be inclined to admire the immense variety of books offered to our view, let him but examine and diligently inspect the matter and contents of these books, and his astonishment will certainly change its object : for when he finds no end of repetitions, and how much men do and speak the same thing over again, he will pass from admiration of this variety to astonishment at the pov- erty and scarcity of matter, which has hitherto possessed and filled men's minds." source: Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations Edited by Mohamed Taher and L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994), p. 28
Jane Austen’s Quuotes (in pages 25-26) Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations Edited by Mohamed Taher and L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994),
Pride and Prejudice, "While Elizabeth is visiting the Bingleys to see her ill sister Jane, there is a discussion on reading, in which Caroline Bingley compliments Mr. Darcy on his excellent library at Pemberley. A love of books is something which Darcy and Elizabeth share, and one of the things that draws them closer over time. Of course Caroline has little interest in reading, but pretends she does in order to gain the attention of Darcy." source: www.allgreatquotes.com/
