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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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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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. – Abraham Lincoln

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I dont have a long family history of good cooks in my family. – Bobby Flay

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There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations. – Claude Vorilhon

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History is but the nail on which the picture hangs. – Alexandre Dumas, Catherine Howard

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