Quote by Max Beerbohm
The dullards envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspi

The dullards envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end. – Max Beerbohm

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People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table. – Max Beerbohm

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We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. – Max Beerbohm

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All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved. – Elizabeth Bowen

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. – Albert Camus

Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary — they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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