Top 35 Quotes by Max Beerbohm

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.

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

When hospitality becomes an art it loses its very soul.

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

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, he is immortal.

Nobody ever died of laughter.

People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.

Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.

I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.