Famous quotes containing the words herbert and/or beerbohm:
“Who says that fictions only and false hair
Become a verse? Is there in truth no beauty?
Is all good structure in a winding stair?
May no lines pass, except they do their duty
Not to a true, but painted chair?”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)
“I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.”
—Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)