Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, 1911's Quote - I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some afflicti

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him. – Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, 1911

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