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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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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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The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own. – Max Beerbohm

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I want to write a book which is the history of comedy. – John Cleese

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Great woman belong to history and to self sacrifice. – Leigh Hunt

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Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution. – Anwar Sadat

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The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter. – Hendrik Wilhelm van Loon, The Story of Mankind

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