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It can never be wrong to give pleasure.

— Augustine Birrell In the Name of the Bodleian, and Other Essays (1905)

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One whom it is easier to hate, but still easier to quote—Alexander Pope.

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There are no habits of man more alien to the doctrine of the Communist than those of the collector.

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

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Personally, I am dead against the burning of books.

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Great is bookishness and the charm of books.

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