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Your borrowers of books — those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.
Charles Lamb (1775-1834) Welsh-English essayist
“The Two Races of Men,”
Essays of Elia (1823)
Added on 16-Mar-17 | Last updated 16-Mar-17
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Topics: book collector, books, borrow, collection, collector, lender, loan
More quotes by Lamb, Charles To be a book collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope-fiend with those of a miser.
Robertson Davies (1913-1995) Canadian author, editor, publisher
The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks (1985)
Added on 21-Jul-16 | Last updated 21-Jul-16
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Topics: bibliophile, book collector, books, collector
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