“Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.”

—  Max Beerbohm

Quia Imperfectum <br class="br"> And Even Now http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext99/evnow10.txt (1920)

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English writer 1872–1956

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