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~ Augustine Birrell Quotes ~
« on: December 20, 2013, 02:28:37 PM »
Augustine Birrell Quotes


An English politician, barrister, academic and author.
Augustine Birrell, KC (19 January 1850 – 20 November 1933) was an English politician, barrister, academic and author. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916, resigning in the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising.

Here are some famous quotes by Augustine Birrell.




Libraries are not made they grow.
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« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2013, 02:29:06 PM »
That great dust-heap called 'history'.
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« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2013, 02:29:34 PM »
Friendship is a word the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.
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« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2013, 02:30:00 PM »
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.
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Re: ~ Augustine Birrell Quotes ~
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2013, 02:30:26 PM »
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.
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