Quotes by Augustine Birrell
augustine birrell
Libraries are not made, they grow
augustine birrell
A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which ...
augustine birrell
Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.
augustine birrell
Libraries are not made, they grow.
augustine birrell
That great dust-heap called 'history'.
augustine birrell
Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.
augustine birrell
Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all ...
augustine birrell
An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.
