I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.
- Max Beerbohm
Soul, Need, Dictionary, Quotations
No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'.
- Max Beerbohm
Last, Roman, Ever, Last Night
A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her.
- Max Beerbohm
Her, Hundred, Half, Fixed
It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
- Max Beerbohm
Defect, Than, Confess, Claim
Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls.
- Max Beerbohm
Some, Juggle, Heavy Weights, Weights
To mankind in general Macbeth and Lady Macbeth stand out as the supreme type of all that a host and hostess should not be.
- Max Beerbohm
Mankind, General, Hostess, Macbeth
One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests.
- Max Beerbohm
Mankind, Might, Hosts, Divisible
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
Nature, Law, Some, Deformity
People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.
- Max Beerbohm
Dreams, Telling, Among, Terrors
All fantasy should have a solid base in reality.
- Max Beerbohm
Fantasy, Should, Solid, Base
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
Deep, Quick, Which, Judges
Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.
- Max Beerbohm
Doing, Been, Given, Suspect
Most women are not as young as they are painted.
- Max Beerbohm
Young, Most, Painted, Women Are
I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.
- Max Beerbohm
Me, Made, Oxford, Insufferable
When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.
- Max Beerbohm
Art, Soul, Very, Hospitality
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.
- Max Beerbohm
Work, Fine, Self-Sacrifice, Toil
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
Some, Gods, Given, Affliction
To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.
- Max Beerbohm
Vain, Other, Means, Produces
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
- Max Beerbohm
Mediocrity, Always, Only, Trusted
To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.
- Max Beerbohm
Nature, Instinct, Still, Strongest
Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.
- Max Beerbohm
Woman, Hatred, Most, Hateful
To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
- Max Beerbohm
Give, Mine, Period, Account
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
Generation, Own, Mr, Propagandist
The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.
- Max Beerbohm
Balance, Delicate, Conceit, Popularity
Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.
- Max Beerbohm
Humility, Virtue, Innate, Guests
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
Woman, Will, Always, Failed
Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.
- Max Beerbohm
Incongruity, Laughter
Nobody ever died of laughter.
- Max Beerbohm
Nobody, Died, Ever, Laughter
Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.
- Max Beerbohm
Better, Than, Good Sense, Nonsense
We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.
- Max Beerbohm
Listening, Dream, Stop, American Dream
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.
- Max Beerbohm
Best, Give, Given, Giving
You will find my last words in the blue folder.
- Max Beerbohm
Will, Find, Last, Blue
The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.
- Max Beerbohm
Conscience, Us, Makes, Cowards
There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.
- Max Beerbohm
Success, Interesting, More, Failure
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