Max Beerbohm
When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.
-Max Beerbohm
art
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.
-Max Beerbohm
best
People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.
-Max Beerbohm
dreams
We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.
-Max Beerbohm
dreams
There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.
-Max Beerbohm
failure
To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.
-Max Beerbohm
nature
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
There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.
-Max Beerbohm
success
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
sympathy
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
teacher
Most women are not as young as they are painted.
-Max Beerbohm
women
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