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Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: To say that a man is vain means To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: For people who like that kind of thing, For people who like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing they like. Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: No Roman ever was able to say, 'I No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'. Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: The lower one's vitality, the more sensitive one The lower one's vitality, the more sensitive one is to great art. Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: The only man who wasn't spoilt by being The only man who wasn't spoilt by being lionized was Daniel. Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: A man's work is rather the needful supplement A man's work is rather the needful supplement to himself than the outcome of it. Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: He was too much concerned with his own He was too much concerned with his own perfection ever to think of admiring any one else. Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: What a lurid life Oscar Wilde does lead What a lurid life Oscar Wilde does lead - so full of extraordinary incidents. What a chance for the memoir writers of the next century Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Anything that is worth doing has been done Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth. Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: The loveliest face in all the world will The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own. Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Every one, even the richest and most munificent Every one, even the richest and most munificent of men, pays much by cheque more light-heartedly than he pays little in specie. Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: It distresses me, this failure to keep pace It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion. Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Never say a humorous thing to a man Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you Ladies, just a little more virginity, if you don't mind. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Somehow, our sense of justice never turns in Somehow, our sense of justice never turns in its sleep till long after the sense of injustice in others has been thoroughly aroused. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all. The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Oscar Wilde: The gods bestowed on Max [Beerbohm] the gift The gods bestowed on Max [Beerbohm] the gift of perpetual old age. — Oscar Wilde
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: A man never knows what a fool he A man never knows what a fool he is until he hears himself imitated by one. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: God is a sort of burglar. As a God is a sort of burglar. As a young man you knock him down; as an old man you try to conciliate him, because he may knock you down. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Great men are but life-sized. Most of them, Great men are but life-sized. Most of them, indeed, are rather short. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: When I pass my name in such large When I pass my name in such large letters I blush, but at the same time instinctively raise my hat. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: People are too apt to treat God as People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: She kissed her way into society. I don't She kissed her way into society. I don't like her. But don't misunderstand me: my dislike is purely platonic. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: A charming fellow, and so clever: he models A charming fellow, and so clever: he models himself on me. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: I may be old fashioned, but I am I may be old fashioned, but I am right. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Cynthia Ozick: Of comic novels that have quaffed the elixir Of comic novels that have quaffed the elixir of 'classic': Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm. — Cynthia Ozick
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: To destroy is still the strongest instinct in To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Heroes are very human, most of them; very Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: When hospitality becomes an art it loses its When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: It seems to be a law of nature It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Every kind of writing is hypocritical. Every kind of writing is hypocritical. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts Mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds Sirs, I have tested your machine. It adds a new terror to life and makes death a long-felt want. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Some people are born to lift heavy weights, Some people are born to lift heavy weights,
some are born to juggle golden balls. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: I need no dictionary of quotations to remind I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter. Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Admiration involves a glorious obliquity of vision. Admiration involves a glorious obliquity of vision. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: A crowd, proportionately to its size, magnifies all A crowd, proportionately to its size, magnifies all that in its units pertains to the emotions, and diminishes all that in them pertains to thought. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Most women are not as young as they Most women are not as young as they are painted. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: I'll have that one, please. I'll have that one, please. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: "After all," as a pretty girl once said "After all," as a pretty girl once said to me, "women are a sex by themselves, so to speak." — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Men of genius are not quick judges of Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Oscar Wilde: Tell me, when you are alone with him Tell me, when you are alone with him [ Max Beerbohm ] Sphinx, does he take off his face and reveal his mask? — Oscar Wilde
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Sometimes I feel that I am a natural Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Every man is a potential genius until he Every man is a potential genius until he does something. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By V.S. Pritchett: Among the masked dandies of Edwardian comedy, Max Among the masked dandies of Edwardian comedy, Max Beerbohm is the most happily armored by a deep and almost innocent love of himself as a work of art. — V.S. Pritchett
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: People seem to think there is something inherently People seem to think there is something inherently noble and virtuous in the desire to go for a walk. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Nobody ever died of laughter. Nobody ever died of laughter. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: True dandyism is the result of an artistic True dandyism is the result of an artistic temperament working upon a fine body within the wide limits of fashion. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: All fantasy should have a solid base in All fantasy should have a solid base in reality. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: The one real goal of education is to The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: It is easier to confess a defect than It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Only the insane take themselves seriously. Only the insane take themselves seriously. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: No fine work can be done without concentration No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Not philosophy, after all, not humanity, just sheer Not philosophy, after all, not humanity, just sheer joyous power of song, is the primal thing in poetry. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Of course we all know that Morris was Of course we all know that Morris was a wonderful all-round man, but the act of walking round him has always tired me. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: History,' it has been said, 'does not repeat History,' it has been said, 'does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: The past is a work of art, free The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends ... — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: The literary gift is a mere accident - The literary gift is a mere accident - is as often bestowed on idiots who have nothing to say worth hearing as it is denied to strenuous sages. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: I have known no man of genius who 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. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: I was born old and get younger every I was born old and get younger every day. At present I am sixty years young. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Of all the objects of hatred, a woman Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: He is an old bore. Even the grave He is an old bore. Even the grave yawns for him. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: My poor fellow, why not carry a watch? My poor fellow, why not carry a watch? — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: We must stop talking about the American dream We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: Pessimism does win us great happy moments. Pessimism does win us great happy moments. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: I utilise all my spare moments. I've read I utilise all my spare moments. I've read twenty-seven of the Hundred Best Books. I collect ferns. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: A whipper-snapper of criticism who quoted dead languages A whipper-snapper of criticism who quoted dead languages to hide his ignorance of life. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Beerbohm Quotes By Max Beerbohm: To give and then not feel that one To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. — Max Beerbohm
Beerbohm Quotes By Herbert Beerbohm Tree: Cynicism is the humor of hatred. Cynicism is the humor of hatred. — Herbert Beerbohm Tree