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All Quotes by author - Augustine Birrell
" 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. "
True
Bad
Bath
" 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. "
Happy
Man
World
" Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm. "
Warm
Sight
Heart
" Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putting any pressure upon his taste, surround himself with books, all in his own language, and thence forward have at least one place in the world. "
Language
Pressure
Place
" History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy. "
Great
Philosophy
Pageant
" Libraries are not made, they grow. "
Made
Grow
Libraries
" That great dust-heap called 'history'. "
History
Great
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