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Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.
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 Max Beerbohm
Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
Sir Beerbohm
Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
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It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion.
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