Max Beerbohm
Quotes by Max Beerbohm
When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.
— Max Beerbohm
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.
— Max Beerbohm
People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.
— Max Beerbohm
We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.
— Max Beerbohm
There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.
— Max Beerbohm
To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.
— 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
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
Most women are not as young as they are painted.
— Max Beerbohm