Maurice Baring Quotes

United Kingdom, Writer
April 27, 1874 – December, 14, 1945.

Maurice Baring OBE (27 April 1874 – 14 December 1945) was 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.

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.

Maurice Baring
- Fun
- Serious
Here's the lily, here the roseHer full chalice shall disclose;Here's narcissus wet with dew,Windflower and the violet blue.Wear the garland I have made;Crowned with it, put pride away;For the wreath that blooms must fade;Thou thyself must fade some day, Rhodocleia.

Maurice Baring
- Pride
- Blue

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.

Maurice Baring
- Wish
- Pain
- Deep
Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.

Maurice Baring
- Mind
In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

Maurice Baring