List of Augustine Birrell Quotes

Is This True Or Only Clever?

[milton] Calls The University "a Stony-hearted Step-mother."

It Is Pleasant To Be Admitted Into The Birth-chamber Of A Great Idea Destined To Be Translated Into Action.

It Can Never Be Wrong To Give Pleasure.

There Are No Habits Of Man More Alien To The Doctrine Of The Communist Than Those Of The Collector

Personally, I Am Dead Against The Burning Of Books.

It Is The Mass The Matters.

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.

A Poet's Soul Must Contain The Perfect Shape Of All Things Good, Wise And Just. His Body Must Be Spotless And Without Blemish, His Life Pure, His Thoughts High, His Studies Intense.

Few Men Can Afford To Be Angry.

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.