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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 And Even Now (1920)

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All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.

Zuleika Dobson (1911)

I am a Tory Anarchist. I should like every one to go about doing just as he pleased — short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed.

And Even Now (1920)

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

Zuleika Dobson (1911)

Most women are not so young as they are painted.

A Defense of Cosmetics (1895)

Zuleika, on a desert island, would have spent most of her time in looking for a man's footprint.

Zuleika Dobson (1911)

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