Quote by Max Beerbohm
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and

Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up. – Max Beerbohm

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To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. – Max Beerbohm

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It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait. – Max Beerbohm

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This is the nature of genius, to be able to grasp the knowable even when no one else recognizes that it is present. – Deepak Chopra

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