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The Socratic manner is not a game at which two can play.
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
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Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
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I prefer that laughter shall take me unawares. Only so can it master and dissolve me.
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The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
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