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No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
Max Beerbohm
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Max Beerbohm
Age: 83 †
Born: 1872
Born: August 24
Died: 1956
Died: May 20
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Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
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Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.
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