Herbert Beerbohm Tree Quotes

1852–1917 England

Herbert Draper Beerbohm (17 December 1852 – 2 July 1917) was an English actor-manager and wit, whose professional name was Herbert Beerbohm Tree. He was knighted in 1909.

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Every man is a potential genius until he does something.

Beerbohm Tree (1956)

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

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

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

Beerbohm Tree (1956)

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

Remembered by Alexander Woollcott in his Shouts and Murmurs (1922)

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

Beerbohm Tree (1956)

It depends on each and every one of me.

Beerbohm Tree (1956)

My poor fellow, why not carry a watch?

Beerbohm Tree (1956)

It is difficult to live up to one's posters…When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.

Beerbohm Tree (1956)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Herbert Beerbohm Tree (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.