Quote #10
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.
More from Augustine Birrell
- It can never be wrong to give pleasure.
- There are no habits of man more alien to the doctrine of the Communist than those of the collector
- There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven;
- Oh, those scoundrelly Charity Commissioners! [:] By the side of these anthropoid apes, the genuine bookworm, the paper-eating insect, raven…
- Personally, I am dead against the burning of books.
- Great is bookishness and the charm of books.
- Words are women, deeds are men
- It is pleasant to be admitted into the birth-chamber of a great idea destined to be translated into action.