Quote #5
Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour: he will always use it in evidence against you.
More from Herbert Beerbohm Tree
- Every man is a potential genius until he does something.
- Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds a new terror to life and makes death a long-felt want.
- My poor fellow, why not carry a watch?
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- Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind.
- A charming fellow, and so clever: he models himself on me.
- People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.
- As far as I could discover, the notion that a play could succeed without any further help from the actor than a simple impersonation of his…