Variante: Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.
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Augustine Birrell: Frases en inglés
“Words are women, deeds are men.”
"In the Name of the Bodleian"
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays
“It can never be wrong to give pleasure.”
"Gossip in a Library"
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays
"In the Name of the Bodleian"
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays
“A great library easily begets affection, which may deepen into love.”
"In the Name of the Bodleian"
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays
“Personally, I am dead against the burning of books.”
"Bookworms"
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays
“There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven;”
"Gossip in a Library"
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays
“Great is bookishness and the charm of books.”
"Bookworms"
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays
“There are no habits of man more alien to the doctrine of the Communist than those of the collector”
"Gossip in a Library"
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays
"Bookworms"
In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays
