Max Beerbohm – 10 Quotes

10 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

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

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