{"id":926,"date":"2008-09-19T15:27:56","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T22:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2008\/09\/926\/"},"modified":"2008-09-19T15:29:56","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T22:29:56","slug":"926","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/19\/926\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Tell the waitress I&#8217;ll come back to Zanzibar&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.shelf-awareness.com\/nview.jsp?nohead=1&amp;appid=411&amp;j=545015\" target=\"_blank\">from Shelf-Awareness<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0195374509?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=bigjimind-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0195374509\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"click to purchase at Amazon.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/5156oIWoxDL._SL500_AA240_.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a>Here are some proverbs dealing with books and reading from\u00a0<em>As They Say in Zanzibar: Proverbial Wisdom from Around the World &#8211;<\/em>\u00a0a compilation of more than 2,000 proverbs gathered by David Crystal:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>A book holds a house of gold\u00a0<\/em>(China)<\/li>\n<li><em>It is better to be entirely without a book than to believe it entirely<\/em>\u00a0(China)<\/li>\n<li><em>Many books do not use up words; many words do not use up thoughts<\/em>(China)<\/li>\n<li><em>Scholars talk books; butchers talk pigs<\/em>\u00a0(China)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reading and Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>After three days without reading, talk becomes flavourless\u00a0<\/em>(China)<\/li>\n<li><em>The wise read a letter backwards<\/em>\u00a0(Germany)<\/li>\n<li><em>Learn to handle a writing-brush, and you&#8217;ll never handle a begging-bowl<\/em>(China)<\/li>\n<li><em>A love-letter sometimes costs more than a three-cent stamp<\/em>\u00a0(U.S.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Life without literature is death<\/em>\u00a0(Latin)<\/li>\n<li><em>Poets are fathers of lies<\/em>\u00a0(Latin)<\/li>\n<li><em>Poets and pigs are appreciated only after their death<\/em>\u00a0(Italy)<\/li>\n<li><em>Those that begin the play must continue it<\/em>\u00a0(Turkey)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px\">&#8212;<a href=\"mailto:Marilyn@shelf-awareness.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Marilyn Dahl's e-mail\" style=\"color: #000000; 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