English - Actor | August 24, 1872 - May 20, 1956
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
Max Beerbohm
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To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.
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Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.
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All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.
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It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
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Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.
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A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her.
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Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls.
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I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.
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I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.
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As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.
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