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Quote by Max Beerbohm
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would ne

To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. – 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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Dreams
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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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Nature
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Im so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes. – Zoe Saldana

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Without question, the Red Ryder BB gun is the most important gun in the history of American weaponry. – Ted Nugent

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Our culture now wonderfully, alchemically transforms images and history into artistic material. The possibilities seem endless and wide open. – Jerry Saltz

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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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This is a question too difficult for a mathematician. It should be asked of a philosopher. – Albert Einstein, about filling out his income tax form, 1944

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Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue. – Nassau William Senior

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To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldnt wish my teens and 20s on my enemies. – Lionel Blue

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