Herbert Beerbohm Tree Quotes
- He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him.
- I was born old and get younger every day. At present I am sixty years young.
- A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.
- Cynicism is the humor of hatred.
- She kissed her way into society. I don't like her. But don't misunderstand me: my dislike is purely platonic.
- The only man who wasn't spoilt by being lionized was Daniel.
- When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.
- Every man is a potential genius until he does something.
- 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…
- People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.
- 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…
- Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.
- Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you.