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Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.

~Max Beerbohm

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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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The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.

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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.

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Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.

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To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.

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Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.

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All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.

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Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.

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A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: August 24th, 1872

Died: May 20th, 1956

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