One whom it is easier to hate, but still easier to quote–Alexander Pope. – Augustine Birrell
That great dust-heap called history. – Augustine Birrell
Libraries are not made, they grow. – Augustine Birrell
Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm. – Augustine Birrell
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. – Augustine Birrell