Herbert Beerbohm Tree Quotes

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Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humour: he will always use it in evidence against you.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

Every man is a potential genius until he does something.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

In reply to a gramophone company that had asked for endorsement:

Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds a new terror to life and makes death a long-felt want.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

The national sport of England is obstacle racing. People fill their rooms with useless and cumbersome furniture, and spend the rest of their lives in trying to dodge it.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

To an overly sophisticated actress:

Oh my God! Remember you're in Egypt. The skay is only seen in Kensington.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

My dear Sir: I have read your play. Oh, my dear Sir!
Yours faithfully.

Rejecting a play

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

It is difficult to live up to one's posters…When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

The only man who wasn't spoilt by being lionized was Daniel.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

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 part never occurred to Tree.

Herbert Beerbohm Tree