All Max Beerbohm Quotes
- To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature. Destroy
- All fantasy should have a solid base in reality. All
- No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. Concentration
- Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful. All
- A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her. Eye
- Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests. Guests
- It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality. Claim
- I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul. Dictionary
- One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests. Class
- We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. American
- 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… Blunt
- The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. Balance
- To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. Account
- Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. Better
- People are either born hosts or born guests. Born
- Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth. Been
- I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable. Boy
- Most women are not as young as they are painted. Inspirational
- No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'. Able
- People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table. Among