Quotes By Max Beerbohm
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
To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.
Max Beerbohm
We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.
Max Beerbohm
People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.
Max Beerbohm
I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.
Max Beerbohm
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
Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.
Max Beerbohm
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
As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality, he is immortal.
Max Beerbohm