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.

Quote by Augustine Birrell

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An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least...

An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least...

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

Libraries are not made, they grow.

Libraries are not made, they grow.

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without...

Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without...

Libraries are not made, they grow

Libraries are not made, they grow

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

An ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place...

An ordinary man can...surround himself with two thousand books...and thenceforward have at least one place...

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we...

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we...

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

Friendship is a sheltering tree

Friendship is a sheltering tree

The rule for us all is perfectly simple. Do not waste time bothering whether you...

The rule for us all is perfectly simple. Do not waste time bothering whether you...

A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.

A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life;...

The laws that Charondas gave to Catana,... A man might divorce his wife, or a...

The laws that Charondas gave to Catana,... A man might divorce his wife, or a...

Life is too brief. I had a friend whom I intended to know better. Yesterday...

Life is too brief. I had a friend whom I intended to know better. Yesterday...

While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you...

While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you...

Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are...

Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are...

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...