Quotes by Birrell, Augustine

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

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made dis >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which ar >>

The last thing one discovers in composing a work is what to put first. >>

A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poison >>

Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.

Birrell, Augustine