Quotes by : Max Beerbohm

Some people are born to lift heavy weights some are born to juggle golden balls.

As a teacher, as a propagandist, Mr. Shaw is no good at all, even in his own generation. But as a personality,....

You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy....

There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.

Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad....

The past is a work of art free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

The past is a work of art free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.