All Max Beerbohm Quotes
- A man's work is rather the needful supplement to himself than the outcome of it. Man
- It distresses me, this failure to keep pace with the leaders of thought, as they pass into oblivion. Distress
- 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… All
- Have you noticed ... there is never any third act in a nightmare? They bring you to a climax of terror and then leave you… Act
- The lower one's vitality, the more sensitive one is to great art. Art
- The literary gift is a mere accident - is as often bestowed on idiots who have nothing to say worth hearing as it is denied… Accident
- You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make… Cannot Make
- For people who like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing they like. Inspirational
- Only the insane take themselves seriously. Godly
- Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs. Acceptance
- The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions. Asking
- Nobody ever died of laughter. Died
- History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another. Doe
- You will find my last words in the blue folder. Blue
- Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Best
- By its very looseness, by its way of evoking rather than defining, suggesting rather than saying, English is a magnificent vehicle for emotional poetry Defining