Augustine Birrell Quotes
Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.
Augustine Birrell (1969). “Obiter Dicta: Second Series”, p.169, Library of Alexandria
Augustine Birrell (1899). “Collected Essays”
There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven
Augustine Birrell (1922). “The Collected Essays & Addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 ...”
Obiter Dicta "Carlyle" (1884) See Trotsky 2
Augustine Birrell (1922). “The collected essays & addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 ...”
A great library easily begets affection, which may deepen into love.
Augustine Birrell (1922). “The collected essays & addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 ...”
Augustine Birrell (1923). “The collected essays & addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920”
Augustine Birrell (1902). “Collected Essays”
Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.
Augustine Birrell (1922). “The Collected Essays & Addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 ...”
Augustine Birrell (1885). “Obiter Dicta ...: Carlye. On the alleged obscurity of Mr. Browning's poetry. Truth-hunting. Actors. A rogue's memoirs. The via media. Falstaff [by George Radford”
Augustine Birrell (1902). “Collected Essays”
"In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays". Book by Augustine Birrell, 1905.
Edmund Burke, Augustine Birrell (1945). “Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America”
Augustine Birrell (1902). “Collected Essays”
Augustine Birrell (1922). “The collected essays & addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 ...”
There are no habits of man more alien to the doctrine of the Communist than those of the collector
Augustine Birrell (1922). “The collected essays & addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 ...”
Augustine Birrell (1922). “The Collected Essays & Addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 ...”
Augustine Birrell (1922). “The collected essays & addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 ...”
[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother."
"Obiter Dicta". Book by Augustine Birrell, 1884.