Augustine Birrell said this quote

“ 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. ”

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Libraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.

~ Augustine Birrell

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.

~ Augustine Birrell

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

~ Augustine Birrell