Libraries are not made; they grow.
Augustine BirrellLibraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.
Augustine BirrellReading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.
Augustine BirrellThe man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.
Augustine BirrellTags: libraries existence contemplation
An ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which is is possible to be happy.
Augustine BirrellAny 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.
Augustine BirrellTags: books
An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.
Augustine BirrellGood as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.
Augustine BirrellTags: book-collecting
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