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"The Nonconformist Conscience makes cowards of us all."
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Max BeerbohmNo fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and — Max Beerbohm
"No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt."
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Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a humorist. He was the drama critic for the Saturday Review from 1898 until 1910, when he relocated to Rapallo, Italy. In his later years he was popular for his occasional radio broadcasts. Among his best-known works is his only novel, Zuleika
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