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Cynicism is the humor of hatred.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

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Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Age: 64 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 1
Died: 1917
Died: July 2
Actor
Director
Film Director
Stage Actor
London
England
Herbert Draper Beerbohm
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
H. Beerbohm Tree
Hatred
Humor
Cynicism

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A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one.
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As far as I could discover, the notion that a play could succeed without any further help from the actor than a simple impersonation of his part never occurred to Tree.
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People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.
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It depends on each and every one of me.
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I'll have that one, please.
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A whipper-snapper of criticism who quoted dead languages to hide his ignorance of life.
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Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.
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The national sport of England is obstacle-racing. People fill their rooms with useless and cumbersome furniture, and spend the rest of their lives in trying to dodge it.
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Every man is a potential genius until he does something.
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He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him.
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God is a sort of burglar. As a young man you knock him down as an old man you try to conciliate him, because he may knock you down.
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She kissed her way into society. I don't like her. But don't misunderstand me: my dislike is purely platonic.
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