Theories Of Love Are Found In The

Love Consists In Giving Without Getting In Return; In Giving What Is Not Owed, What Is Not Due The Other. That's Why True Love Is Never Based, As Associations For Utility Or Pleasure Are, On A Fair Exchange.

The Dictionary Also Invites A Playful Reading. It Challenges Anyone To Sit Down With It In An Idle Moment. There Are Worse Ways To Kill Time.

A Good Book Deserves An Active Reading. The Activity Of Reading Does Not Stop With The Work Of Understanding What A Book Says. It Must Be Completed By The Work Of Criticism, The Work Of Judging. The Undemanding Reader Fails To Satisfy This Requirement, Probably Even More Than He Fails To Analyze And Interpret. He Not Only Makes No Effort To Understand; He Also Dismisses A Book Simply By Putting It Aside And Forgetting It. Worse Than Faintly Praising It, He Damns It By Giving It No Critical Consideration Whatever.

The Truly Great Books Are The Few Books That Are Over Everybody's Head All Of The Time.

Work That Is Pure Toil, Done Solely For The Sake Of The Money It Earns, Is Also Sheer Drudgery Because It Is Stultifying Rather Than Self Improving.