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I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.
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Max Beerbohm (61)
Birth: | 24th August, 1872 |
Death: | 20th May, 1956 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Caricaturist, Parodist, Essayist, Novelist, Painter |
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