Augustine Birrell Quotes
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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.
Augustine Birrell
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Author Details:
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Author Quotes
Category:
English Author Quotes
Date of Birth:
January 19, 1850
Date of Death:
November 20, 1933
Nationality:
English
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All Augustine Birrell Quotations:
A conventional good read is usually...
An ordinary man can surround himself...
Friendship is a word, the very...
Given Pounds and five years, and...
History is the great dust-heap...
Libraries are not made, they grow.
That great dust-heap called 'history'.
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