The 5-8 word short quotes of famous people about reading are as follows:

1. After reading thousands of volumes, you can write like a god. ——Han Yu

2. If you read but cannot use it, what you read is like waste paper. ——Washington

3. People are learning. If they don’t make progress, they will retreat. ——Gu Yanwu

4. Reading is to wisdom what gymnastics is to body. ——Edison

5. One outline will make thousands of eyes aware of it, one volume will make it clear to many readers. ——Zheng Xuan

6. Reading without thinking is equivalent to eating without digesting. ——Polk

7. The reason why I read and learn is that I want to be happy, improve my eyesight, and help my ears. ——Yan Zhitui

8. If a bird wants to fly high, it first flutters its wings; if a person wants to make progress, he first studies. ——Li Kuchan

9. Reading makes up for the deficiencies of nature, and experience makes up for the deficiencies of reading. ——Bacon

10. If you don’t know the taste of reading, it is better to sit in a high cabinet; what a stupid fish, you will eat dross all day long.

——Yuan Mu