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Author: Henry Maximilian 'Max' Beerbohm
The literary gift is a mere accident – is as often bestowed on idiots who have nothing to say worth hearing as it is denied to strenuous sages.
Henry Maximilian 'Max' Beerbohm
(1872 – 1956) English essayist, parodist & caricaturist
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The best tribute a French translator can pay Shakespeare is not to translate him.
Henry Maximilian 'Max' Beerbohm
(1872 – 1956) English essayist, parodist & caricaturist
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Of course we all know that Morris was a wonderful all-round man, but the act of walking round him has always tired me.
Henry Maximilian 'Max' Beerbohm
(1872 – 1956) English essayist, parodist & caricaturist
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You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind legs, but by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.
Henry Maximilian 'Max' Beerbohm
(1872 – 1956) English essayist, parodist & caricaturist
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Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.
Henry Maximilian 'Max' Beerbohm
(1872 – 1956) English essayist, parodist & caricaturist
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