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Max Beerbohm quotes

English Actor August 24, 1872 – May 20, 1956

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Our hero's unreasoning rage was fed by a not unreasonable jealousy. It was clear to him that Zuleika had forgotten his existence. To-day, as soon as he had killed her love, she had shown him how much less to her was his love than the crowd's. And now again it was only the crowd she cared for. He followed with his eyes her long slender figure as she threaded her way in and out of the crowd, sinuously, confidingly, producing a penny from one lad's elbow, a threepenny-bit from between... Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm quote: "Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most..."
Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful. Max Beerbohm
What a lurid life Oscar Wilde does lead - so full of extraordinary incidents. What a chance for the memoir writers of the next century Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm quote: "You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is..."
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
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 a crowd of men. Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm quote: "Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best...."
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs. Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm quote: "Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best."
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. 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
Max Beerbohm quote: "To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best..."
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving. Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm quote: "There is much to be said for failure. It is much more..."
There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success. Max Beerbohm
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 up. 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
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
Max Beerbohm quote: "To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature."
To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature. Max Beerbohm
Max Beerbohm quote: "Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about..."
Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. Max Beerbohm

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