35 Quotes by Augustine Birrell

It is the Mass the matters.

A great library easily begets affection, which may deepen into love.

Milton calls the university A stony-hearted step-mother.

Few men can afford to be angry.

History is a pageant and not a philosophy.

Is this true or only clever?

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

It is pleasant to be admitted into the birth-chamber of a great idea destined to be translated into action.

Great is bookishness and the charm of books.