Famous quotes containing the words herbert and/or beerbohm:
“Man is no starre, but a quick coal
Of mortall fire:
Who blows it not, nor doth controll
A faint desire,
Lets his own ashes choke his soul.”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)
“One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.”
—Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)