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Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.
Max Beerbohm
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Max Beerbohm
Age: 83 †
Born: 1872
Born: August 24
Died: 1956
Died: May 20
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London
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Sir Max Beerbohm
Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
Sir Beerbohm
Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
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Death cancels all engagements.
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It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on making light of any great difficulties or grief's that may beset us.
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But to die of laughter--this, too, seems to me a great euthanasia.
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For people who like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing they like.
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To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.
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No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'.
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