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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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You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men. – Max Beerbohm

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Sympathy
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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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Gifts
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Other Quotes from
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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development. – Aung San Suu Kyi

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History

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes. – Paul Eldridge, Maxims for a Modern Man

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History

I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes Ill pull that 80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings. – Katy Perry

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History

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. – David Brin

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History

Random Quotes

There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea. – Bernard-Paul Heroux

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Tea

I am on the board of corporations who contribute both to environmental problems and their solutions. And I am on the NGO side: the Earth Council and other organizations. – Maurice Strong

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environmental
[W]omen and books should be looked at daily. – Dutch Proverb

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Books

Ive been playing on Christmas for the last 10, 11, 12 years. So just got to get up early with the babies, and give them their toys and try to get a nap in and just come to play. – Shaquille ONeal

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Christmas