I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.


No. 2, The Pines (1914) - And Even Now (1920)

Max Beerbohm Quotes

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.