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Fate weaves the darkness, which is perhaps why she weaves so badly.

Max Beerbohm

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Max Beerbohm
Age: 83 †
Born: 1872
Born: August 24
Died: 1956
Died: May 20
Caricaturist
Comedian
Drawer
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Journalist
Literary Critic
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London
England
Sir Max Beerbohm
Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
Sir Beerbohm
Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
Badly
Fate
Darkness
Perhaps
Weaves

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