Character Quote by Max Beerbohm Download Open image “Men of genius are not quick judges of character.” — Max Beerbohm ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Deep thinking Genius Intelligence Judge of character Judging Men
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As what we call genius arises out of the disproportionate power and size of a certain faculty, so the great difficulty lies in harmonizing… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
Men of the greatest genius are not always the most prodigal of their encomiums. But then it is when their range of power is… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
... men of highest genius have been too frequently of extremely shaky morals. — Tennessee Celeste Claflin Copy Share Image
Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has… — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses — Cesare Lombroso Copy Share Image
genius must ever be imperfect. Life is not long enough nor slow enough for both brain and character to grow side by side to… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable. — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share Image
Genius is the union of man and God in the acts of the soul. Great men are always greater than their deeds. They are… — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
There never appear more than five or six men of genius in an age, but if they were united the world could not stand… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
By its very looseness, by its way of evoking rather than defining, suggesting rather than saying, English is a magnificent vehicle for emotional poetry — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success. — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
“As she sat here in the bay-window of her room, she was not reviewing the splendid pageant of her past. She was a young… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
She was one of those people who said I don't know anything about music, but I know what I like. — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size… — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men. — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
True dandyism is the result of an artistic temperament working upon a fine body within the wide limits of fashion. — Max Beerbohm Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
