Herbert Beerbohm Tree Quotes

• I was born old and get younger every day. At present I am sixty years young.

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  Birthday, Years, Born

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• Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  Mind, Littles, Ifs

  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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• Every man is a potential genius until he does something.

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  Men, Doe, Genius

  "Beerbohm Tree" by Hesketh Pearson, (p. 110), 1956.

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• The only man who wasn't spoilt by being lionized was Daniel.

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  Men, Idols, Spoilt

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• A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one.

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  Men, Fool, Knows

  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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• I'll have that one, please.

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  Funny, Humor, Please

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• A charming fellow, and so clever: he models himself on me.

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  Clever, Charming, Models

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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.

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  Sex, Way, Like Her

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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 Tree

  Simple, Play, Tree

  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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• A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.

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  Work, Men, Two

  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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• People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.

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  God, People, Royalty

  Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1916). “Nothing Matters, and Other Stories”

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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.

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  God, Men, Trying

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• Cynicism is the humour of hatred

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  Hatred, Cynicism, Humour

  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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• Cynicism is the humor of hatred.

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  Hatred, Cynicism

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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 Tree

  Idols, Names, Letters

  Quoted in Hesketh Pearson Beerbohm (1956).

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• It depends on each and every one of me.

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  Depends

  "Beerbohm Tree" by Hesketh Pearson, (p. 192), 1956.

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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 Tree

  Sports, Home, People

  Quoted in Hesketh Pearson Beerbohm (1956).

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• Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour: he will always use it in evidence against you.

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  Humorous, Men, Doe

  "Beerbohm Tree" by Hesketh Pearson, (p. 110), 1956.

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• Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds a new terror to life and makes death a long-felt want.

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  Long, Add, Machines

  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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• My poor fellow, why not carry a watch?

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  Watches, Why Not, Poor

  To a man in the street, carrying a grandfather clock, in Hesketh Pearson 'Beerbohm Tree' (1956) ch. 12

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• A whipper-snapper of criticism who quoted dead languages to hide his ignorance of life.

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  Ignorance, Criticism, Language

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• He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him.

  Herbert Beerbohm Tree

  Sarcastic, Graves, Bores

  In Max Beerbohm Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1920) appendix 4

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