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Augustine Birrell Quotes: Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.
         

Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.


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[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother."

[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother."



Libraries are not made, they grow.

Libraries are not made, they grow.



There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven

There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven



Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.



It is the Mass that matters.

It is the Mass that matters.



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 we, the readers, become conspirators.

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 we, the readers, become conspirators.



Great is bookishness and the charm of books.

Great is bookishness and the charm of books.



The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.

The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.



That great dust-heap called 'history'.

That great dust-heap called 'history'.



Any 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.

Any 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.





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I guarantee you that after you die you will not say 'I spent too much time praying

I guarantee you that after you die you will not say 'I spent too much time praying



Your love is my diamond that I want to wear near my heart. Your hug is my heaven where I want to belong always.

Your love is my diamond that I want to wear near my heart. Your hug is my heaven where I want to belong always.



You’re in my bones and my blood and my heart,” he said. “I’d have to tear myself open to let you go.

You’re in my bones and my blood and my heart,” he said. “I’d have to tear myself open to let you go.



The thing about being on a long-running series is that you get to know all the stunt men and the stunt coordinators, and they let you pretty much do everything you want, as long as they trust you.

The thing about being on a long-running series is that you get to know all the stunt men and the stunt coordinators, and they let you pretty much do everything you want, as long as they trust you.



When you have no real power, go public - really public. The public is where the real power is.

When you have no real power, go public - really public. The public is where the real power is.



Being pregnant changes you as a human being and it gives you a whole lot of mixed feelings.

Being pregnant changes you as a human being and it gives you a whole lot of mixed feelings.



I'm pringle. That's kinda like single but hungry

I'm pringle. That's kinda like single but hungry



I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough.

I never miss L.A. because I'm there enough.



I love everything [Jessica Simpson] ever has on! Jessica can definitely come pick me up in her little Mercedes and take me shopping if she wants!

I love everything [Jessica Simpson] ever has on! Jessica can definitely come pick me up in her little Mercedes and take me shopping if she wants!



Great griefs exhaust. They discourage us with life. The man into whom they enter feels something taken from him. In youth, their visit is sad; later on, it is ominous.

Great griefs exhaust. They discourage us with life. The man into whom they enter feels something taken from him. In youth, their visit is sad; later on, it is ominous.




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