No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt. – Max Beerbohm
Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. – Max Beerbohm
The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all. – Max Beerbohm
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. – Max Beerbohm
To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself. – Max Beerbohm
How many charming talents have been spoiled by the instilled desire to do important work! Some people are born to lift heavy weights. Some are born to juggle with golden balls. – Max Beerbohm
She was one of those people who said I dont know anything about music, but I know what I like. – 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
Nobody ever died of laughter. – Max Beerbohm
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. – Max Beerbohm
The dullards envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end. – Max Beerbohm
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 inch from your own. – Max Beerbohm
Most women are not as young as they are painted. – 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
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
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 destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature. – Max Beerbohm
There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success. – 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
