Maurice Baring Quotes

• Whoever one is, and wherever one is, one is always in the wrong if one is rude.

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  Rude, Manners, Ifs

  Maurice Baring (2014). “The Coat Without Seam”, p.58, House of Stratus

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• If you would know what the Lord God thinks of money, you have only to look at those to whom he gives it.

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  Thinking, Giving, Looks

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• Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.

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  Memories, Artist, Mind

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• I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.I've a pain in my head,I wish I was dead.In a coffin of lead-With the Wise and the Brave-I wish I was dead,And lay deep in the grave.

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  Wise, Pain, Brave

  Maurice Baring (1909). “Orpheus in Mayfair: And Other Stories and Sketches”

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• In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

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  Doe, Genius, Talent

  An Outline of Russian Literature ch. 3 (1914) See Owen Meredith 1

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• Avoid contradicting in general, especially people you love.

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  People, Advice, Contradicting

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• A good play is a play which when acted upon the boards make an audience interested and pleased. A play that fails in this is a bad play.

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  Play, Theatre, Boards

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• There is a vast difference between games and play. Play is played for fun, but games are deadly serious and you do not play them to enjoy yourself.

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  Fun, Games, Play

  Maurice Baring (2014). “The Puppet Show Of Memory”, p.64, House of Stratus

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