Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Augustine Birrell
Augustine Birrell is quoted here; further biographical details are not publicly available.
More from Augustine Birrell (8 quotes) →Keep reading Augustine Birrell
- “History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.”Augustine Birrell
- “An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the…”Augustine Birrell
- “Libraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.”Augustine Birrell
- “Given Pounds and five years, and an ordinary man can in the ordinary course, without any undue haste or putti…”Augustine Birrell
History: more sayings
- “By philosophy, history, economics and science, all knowledge and wisdom, humanity may eventually arrive at th…”Sudipta Das
- “Yeah, I love history and I loved it as a kid.”Paul Bettany
- “I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English majo…”Nathaniel Philbrick