Famous quotes containing the words english and/or library:
“Most English talk is a quadrille in a sentry-box.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. They are of two kinds: the library of published material, books, pamphlets, periodicals, and the archive of unpublished papers and documents.”
—Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989)