Famous English sentences about books include the following:

1. Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. (g.w.curtis) Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. (g.w. Curtis)

2. You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. It’s settled.

3. Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting. Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

4. Love is ever the beginning of knowledge as fire is of light. Knowledge always starts from hobby, just like light always starts from fire. - Thomas Carlyle (British historian Carlyle)

5. The empty vessels make the greatest sound. (William Shakespeare, British dramatist) The empty vessels make the greatest sound.

(British playwright Shakespeare.W)