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Maurice Baring

(1874–1945) Linguist United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Maurice Baring was a linguist from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, best known for Orpheus in Mayfair, and Other Stories and Sketches.

Quick Facts About Maurice Baring

Born: April 27, 1874
Died: December 14, 1945
Nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Profession: Linguist
Notable works: Orpheus in Mayfair, and Other Stories and Sketches

About Maurice Baring

Maurice Baring was an English man of letters, known as a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist, and also as a travel writer and war correspondent, with particular knowledge of Russia. During World War I, Baring served in the Intelligence Corps and Royal Air Force.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Quotes by Maurice Baring

There is a vast difference between games and play. Play is played for fun, but games are deadly serious and you do…

Differences

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I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.I've a pain in my head,I wish I was dead.In a coffin of…

Brave

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If you would know what the Lord God thinks of money, you have only to look at those to whom he gives…

Giving

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A good play is a play which when acted upon the boards make an audience interested and pleased. A play that fails…

Audience

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Whoever one is, and wherever one is, one is always in the wrong if one is rude.

Being rude

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In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what…

Contrast

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Avoid contradicting in general, especially people you love.

Advice

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Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.

Art

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