Maurice Baring
Maurice Baring
Maurice Baring OBEwas an English man of letters, known as a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist, and also as a travel writer and war correspondent. During World War I, Baring served in the Intelligence Corps and Royal Air Force...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth27 April 1874
play theatre boards
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.
wise pain brave
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.
fun games play
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.
memories artist mind
Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.
people contradicting
Avoid contradicting in general, especially people you love.
genius doe talent
In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.
thinking giving looks
If you would know what the Lord God thinks of money, you have only to look at those to whom he gives it.
rude manners ifs
Whoever one is, and wherever one is, one is always in the wrong if one is rude.