Herbert Beerbohm Tree quotes
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“I was born old and get younger every day. At present I am sixty years young.”
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“Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : To a motley collection of women, assembled to play ladies in waiting to a queen, in Alexander Woollcott 'Shouts and Murmurs' (1923) 'Capsule Criticism'
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“Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you.”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : "Beerbohm Tree" by Hesketh Pearson, (p. 110), 1956.
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“A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one.”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : Sir Max Beerbohm, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1924*). “Hebert Beerbohm Tree: some memories of him and of his art collected by Max Beerbohm”
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“My poor fellow, why not carry a watch?”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : To a man in the street, carrying a grandfather clock, in Hesketh Pearson 'Beerbohm Tree' (1956) ch. 12
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“Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds a new terror to life and makes death a long-felt want.”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : When pressed by a gramophone company for a written testimonial, in Hesketh Pearson 'Beerbohm Tree' (1956) ch. 19; Beerbohm later insisted 'the immortalism must stand' when asked to make amendments
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“It depends on each and every one of me.”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : "Beerbohm Tree" by Hesketh Pearson, (p. 192), 1956.
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“A charming fellow, and so clever: he models himself on me.”
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“As far as I could discover, the notion that a play could succeed without any further help from the actor than a simple impersonation of his part never occurred to Tree.”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : Sir Max Beerbohm, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1924*). “Hebert Beerbohm Tree: some memories of him and of his art collected by Max Beerbohm”
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“God is a sort of burglar. As a young man you knock him down; as an old man you try to conciliate him, because he may knock you down.”
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“People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1916). “Nothing Matters, and Other Stories”
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“The national sport of England is obstacle-racing. People fill their rooms with useless and cumbersome furniture, and spend the rest of their lives in trying to dodge it.”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : Quoted in Hesketh Pearson Beerbohm (1956).
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“Every man is a potential genius until he does something.”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : "Beerbohm Tree" by Hesketh Pearson, (p. 110), 1956.
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“When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : Quoted in Hesketh Pearson Beerbohm (1956).
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“The only man who wasn't spoilt by being lionized was Daniel.”
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“She kissed her way into society. I don't like her. But don't misunderstand me: my dislike is purely platonic.”
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“A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : Sir Max Beerbohm, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1924*). “Hebert Beerbohm Tree: some memories of him and of his art collected by Max Beerbohm”
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“He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him.”
-- Herbert Beerbohm TreeSource : In Max Beerbohm Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1920) appendix 4
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“A whipper-snapper of criticism who quoted dead languages to hide his ignorance of life.”
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